Section 3-218 - Gifts from inmates.
§ 3-218. Gifts from inmates.
(a) Prohibited.- An officer or other employee of the Division may not:
(1) accept a reward or gift, or a promise of a reward or gift, from an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an inmate;
(2) receive a devise or bequest, or a promise of a devise or bequest, from an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an inmate; or
(3) enter into a contract with an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division or with a person on behalf of an inmate.
(b) Void.- A gift, reward, bequest, devise, promise, or contract accepted, received, or entered into in violation of this section is void.
(c) Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 688; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.]