Sexual acts prohibited between prison employees and prisoners--Felony

Any person, employed by the state, or employed within any state prison or other detention facility, who knowingly engages in an act of sexual penetration, as defined in § 22-22-2 , or sexual contact, as defined in § 22-22-7.1 , with another person who is in detention and under the custodial, supervisory, or disciplinary authority of the person so engaging, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Source: SL 1996, ch 151 , § 1; SL 2022, ch 77 , § 1.