Act No. 7392 — An Act amending title 14, chapter 33, of the Virgin Islands Code by criminalizing sexual relations by prison or detention facility employees
ACTNO, %39¢ BILL NO. 29-0314 TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Regular Session 2012 An Act amending title 14, chapter 33, of the Virgin Islands Code by criminalizing sexual relations by prison or detention facility employees, contractors and vendors with detainees ---0--- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: SECTION 1. Title 14, chapter 33 of the Virgin Islands Code is amended by adding a new section 667 to read as follows: “§ 667. Sexual relations with a detainee (a) Any person who, when, being an employee working at a prison or detention facility, a contractor or employee of a contractor at a prison or detention facility, or a volunteer at a prison or detention facility, engages in consensual sexual relations with a person who is in the custody of a detention facility, is guilty of the crime of sexual relations with a detainee and shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years. This does not include any act done for a bona fide medical purpose or an internal search conducted in the lawful performance of an employee’s duties. …
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