Bill No.: SF0012                  Drafter:  JHR

LSO No.:  07LSO-0013              Effective Date:  7/1/2007

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0001

Chapter No.:       7

Prime Sponsor:     Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title:       Sex offenses by corrections personnel.

Subject:  Establishes a crime for corrections personnel who engage in sex with as inmate under the supervision of the corrections facility.

Summary/Major Elements:

· Currently the law does not specifically address sexual activities between corrections personnel and inmates.

· This act:

· Creates a crime for corrections personnel to engage in sexual intrusion with an inmate or other person under the supervision of the corrections facility;

· Specifies that an employee, contractor or volunteer of a correctional facility who inflicts sexual intrusion upon a resident, or upon a person who is under the supervision, of the corrections facility is guilty of sexual assault in the second degree;

· Includes state, county, municipal or privately operated adult or juvenile correctional, penal, detention, residential, rehabilitative, community correctional, secure treatment, or work release facilities within the class of facilities subject to this law;

· Provides that consent of the victim is not a defense to a violation of this law.