Sec. 53a-174. Unauthorized conveyance of items into correctional or humane institution or to inmate: Class D felony. Unauthorized conveyance of letter into or from, or use of false name to enter, corr
Sec. 53a-174. Unauthorized conveyance of items into correctional or humane
institution or to inmate: Class D felony. Unauthorized conveyance of letter into or
from, or use of false name to enter, correctional institution: Class A misdemeanor.
(a) Any person not authorized by law who conveys or passes, or causes to be conveyed
or passed, into any correctional or humane institution or the grounds or buildings thereof,
or to any inmate of such an institution who is outside the premises thereof and known
to the person so conveying or passing or causing such conveying or passing to be such
an inmate, any controlled drug, as defined in section 21a-240, any intoxicating liquors,
any firearm, weapon, dangerous instrument or explosive of any kind, any United States
currency, or any rope, ladder or other instrument or device for use in making, attempting
or aiding an escape, shall be guilty of a class D felony. The unauthorized conveying,
passing or possession of any rope or ladder or other instrument or device, adapted for
use in making or aiding an escape, into any such institution or the grounds or buildings
thereof, shall be presumptive evidence that it was so conveyed, passed or possessed for
such use.
(b) Any person not authorized by law who conveys into any such institution any
letter or other missive which is intended for any person confined therein, or who conveys
from within the enclosure to the outside of such institution any letter or other missive
written or given by any person confined therein, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(c) Any person or visitor who enters or attempts to enter a correctional institution
or facility by using a misleading or false name or title shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 176; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 43; 1972, P.A. 12; P.A. 73-639, S. 16.)
History: 1971 act applied provisions to humane institutions and replaced reference to "narcotic or hypnotic" drugs with
reference to "controlled" drugs in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (c) re use of false or misleading name in entrance in or
attempt to enter a correctional facility; 1972 act specified conveyance of U.S. currency into correctional or humane institution or to one of its inmates as Class D felony; P.A. 73-639 prohibited conveyance of any "dangerous instrument".
Cited. 42 CA 264.