Prison Act 1952

39 Assisting prisoner to escape. E+W

Any person who aids any prisoner in escaping or attempting to escape from a prison or who, with intent to facilitate the escape of any prisoner, conveys any thing into a prison or to a prisoner [F1 sends any thing (by post or otherwise) into a prison or to a prisoner] or places any thing anywhere outside a prison with a view to its coming into the possession of a prisoner, shall be guilty of felony and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding [F2 ten years].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 39 inserted (16.5.1992) by Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25), ss. 2(1)(a)(4), 3(2).

F2 Words in s. 39 substituted (16.5.1992) by Prison Security Act 1992 (c. 25), ss. 2(1)(b)(4), 3(2).