An Act to prohibit sexual contact between prison employees and prisoners.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That § 24-1-26.1 be AMENDED:
24-1-26.1. 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.
Signed March 15, 2022
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