2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 3 - Crimes Against the Person.
97-3-104 - Crime of sexual activity between law enforcement or correctional personnel and prisoners; sanctions.
§ 97-3-104. Crime of sexual activity between law enforcement or correctional personnel and prisoners; sanctions.
It is unlawful for any jailer, guard, employee of the Department of Corrections, sheriff, constable, marshal or other officer to engage in any sexual penetration, as defined in Section 97-3-97, or have carnal knowledge of any offender, with the offender's consent, who is incarcerated at any jail or any state, county or private correctional facility or who is serving on probation, parole, earned-release supervision, post-release supervision, earned probation or any other form of correctional supervision. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed five (5) years, or both.
Sources: Laws, 1998, ch. 470, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 589, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 518, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2005.
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