HRS §124B-154
Releasing or drinking with a prisoner
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section covers two military offenses: letting a prisoner go free without permission or through carelessness, and drinking alcohol with a prisoner. Both are punished by a court-martial, even if the prisoner was not legally committed in the first place.
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The statute, as written — Release of prisoner without authority; drinking with prisoner
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who: (1) Without authority to do so, releases a prisoner; or (2) Through neglect or designs, allows a prisoner to escape, shall be punished as directed by a court-martial regardless of whether the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with the law. (b) Any person subject to this chapter who unlawfully drinks any alcoholic beverage with a prisoner shall be punished as directed by a court-martial.
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