CODE OF ETHICS AND CONDUCT No. 112.31
PROCEDURES I. PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY -
Employees will conduct themselves in a professional and ethical manner, whether on or off duty.
A. Employees will keep their conversations and all interactions with and within the hearing of inmates/parolees on a professional level at all times. Employees will also report any (other than incidental), off duty contact with an inmate/parolee, their families or friends, as well as any family or close personal relationship they have with an inmate or parolee.
Employees will follow all laws, policies, procedures, rules and post orders. These include, but are not limited to:
2. Employees, any contracted/authorized contractor or volunteer are prohibited from engaging in any form of sexual activity with an inmate/parolee. Prohibition also includes implied threats, coercion, intimidation and/or preferential treatment that could influence an inmate/parolee to consent to participate in sexual activity. Persons choosing to sexually abuse an inmate/parolee are subject to discipline, including termination, and shall be referred to the county attorney for criminal prosecution. Sexual abuse of an inmate/parolee in the first degree is a Class IIA felony; sexual abuse in the second degree is a Class IIIA felony. It is not a defense to the charge that the inmate/parolee consented to sexual activity or sexual penetration.