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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 951
COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONERS
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F.S. 951.221
951.221 Sexual misconduct between detention facility employees and inmates; penalties.—
(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.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 951.221
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases Citing Statute 951.221

Total Results: 4

Jordan v. State

801 So. 2d 1032, 2001 WL 1635440

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 21, 2001 | Docket: 1495200

Cited 13 times | Published

county detention facility in violation of section 951.221(1), Florida Statutes (1999), a third degree

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases – Report No. 2013-06

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 26, 2014 | Docket: 2609569

Published

EMPLOYEES AND INMATES § 951.221(1), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Sexual

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES— REPORT NO. 2013-06

148 So. 3d 1204, 2014 WL 4636358

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 28, 2014 | Docket: 1171080

Published

DETENTION FACILITY EMPLOYEES AND INMATES § 951.221(1), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Sexual

Lewis v. State

898 So. 2d 1081, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 3897, 2005 WL 662704

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 23, 2005 | Docket: 64837444

Published

after a jury convicted him of a violation of section 951.221(1), Florida Statutes (2002), sexual misconduct