§ 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.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 688; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.