Sec. 53a-59b. Assault of an employee of the Department of Correction in the first degree: Class B felony.
Sec. 53a-59b. Assault of an employee of the Department of Correction in the
first degree: Class B felony. (a) A person is guilty of assault of an employee of the
Department of Correction in the first degree when he is in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in any institution or facility of the Department of Correction and commits assault in the first degree under section 53a-59 and the victim of such
assault is an employee of the Department of Correction acting in the performance of
his duties.
(b) No person shall be found guilty of assault in the first degree and assault of an
employee of the Department of Correction in the first degree upon the same incident of
assault but such person may be charged and prosecuted for both such offenses upon the
same information.
(c) Assault of an employee of the Department of Correction in the first degree is a
class B felony. If any person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a violation of
this section which occurred while such person was confined in an institution or facility
of the Department of Correction, such term of imprisonment shall run consecutively to
the term for which the person was serving at the time of the assault.
(P.A. 93-246, S. 2.)
See Sec. 53a-167c re assault of an employee of the Department of Correction, employee or member of the Board of
Pardons and Paroles or probation officer.