(1) Any employee of a county or municipal detention facility or of a private detention facility under contract with a county commission who engages in sexual misconduct, as defined in s. 944.35(3)(b)1., with an inmate or an offender supervised by the facility without committing the crime of sexual battery commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The consent of an inmate to any act of sexual misconduct may not be raised as a defense to prosecution under this section.
(2) Notwithstanding prosecution, any violation of this section, as determined by the administrator of the facility, constitutes sufficient cause for dismissal of the violator from employment, and such person may not again be employed in any capacity in connection with the correctional system.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2001-92.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 951 - County and Municipal Prisoners
951.01 - County Prisoners May Be Put to Labor.
951.03 - County Commissioners to Provide Food, Etc.
951.032 - Financial Responsibility for Medical Expenses.
951.033 - Income and Assets; Payment of Subsistence Costs.
951.04 - Furnishing of Transportation to Discharged Prisoners.
951.06 - Employment of Correctional Officers; Duties; Salary.
951.061 - Designation of Sheriff as Chief Correctional Officer; Duties.
951.062 - Contractual Arrangements for Operation and Maintenance of County Detention Facilities.
951.0623 - Application of Ch. 86-183; Agreement or Contract as of July 1, 1986.
951.063 - Privately Operated County Correctional Facilities.
951.10 - Leasing Prisoners to Work for Private Interests Prohibited.
951.11 - Turning Prisoners Over to Board of Bond Trustees, Etc.
951.12 - Working Prisoners on Public Roads and Exchange of Prisoners Between Counties.
951.13 - Transferring From One County to Another.
951.14 - Failure of Person to Discharge His or Her Duty; Penalty.
951.15 - Credit on Fines and Costs.
951.16 - Prisoners Entitled to Receive Credit on Fine Based on Imprisonment.
951.175 - Provision of Programs for Women.
951.176 - Provision of Education.
951.19 - Interference With County Prisoners.
951.21 - Gain-Time for Good Conduct for County Prisoners.
951.22 - County Detention Facilities; Contraband Articles.
951.221 - Sexual Misconduct Between Detention Facility Employees and Inmates; Penalties.
951.231 - County Residential Probation Program.
951.24 - Extend the Limits of Confinement for County Prisoners.
951.25 - Sale of Goods and Services Produced by County Prisoners.
951.26 - Public Safety Coordinating Councils.
951.27 - Blood Tests of Inmates.
951.28 - Transmitting Prisoner Information to Reduce Public Assistance Fraud.