Section 26.05.785 - Releasing prisoner without proper authority(a) A member of the militia who, without proper authority, releases a prisoner committed to the member's charge or, through neglect or design, suffers a prisoner to escape may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.(b) A member of the militia who unlawfully drinks an alcoholic beverage with a prisoner or unlawfully uses a drug with a prisoner may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-marshal may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.Amended by SLA 2018, ch. 85,sec. 18, eff. 1/1/2019.Added by SLA 2016, ch. 55,sec. 4, eff. 7/1/2016.This section was originally numbered as 26.05.596 but was changed by the revisor of statutes.