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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-24 (2026)

Correctional employees — Sexual relations with inmates — Felony

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Every employee of the department of corrections or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide services in a correctional institution who engages in sexual penetration as defined in § 11-37-1 with an inmate confined in a correction institution or who is otherwise under the direct custodial supervision and control of that employee shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2009–2025 · leading case: Crawford v. Cuomo, 796 F.3d 252 (2d Cir. 2015).
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Crawford v. Cuomo, 796 F.3d 252 (2d Cir. 2015). “1-20-07; R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-24; S.D. Codified Laws § 22-22-7.”
State v. Coleman, 684 S.E.2d 513 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). “2 (West 2009); R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-24 (2008); S.C. Code Ann.”
David Walton v. Ashley Nehls, 135 F.4th 1070 (7th Cir. 2025). “21, § 1111 (A)(7) Rhode Island R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-24 South Dakota S.”
David Walton v. Ashley Nehls (7th Cir. 2025). “21, § 1111 (A)(7) Rhode Island R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-24 South Dakota S.”
David Walton v. Ashley Nehls (7th Cir. 2025). “21, § 1111 (A)(7) Rhode Island R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-24 South Dakota S.”
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