c. 268, § 19
Suffering or consenting to an escape from a penal institution
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
An officer or other person, who, being employed in any penal institution, voluntarily suffers a convict confined therein to escape, or in any way consents to such escape, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years.
Simplified explanation
A penal institution employee who voluntarily lets a convict escape, or consents to the escape, faces up to 20 years in state prison.