C.R.S. Section 18-7-701
Sexual conduct in a correctional institution


(1)

An employee, contract employee, or volunteer of a correctional institution or an individual who performs work or volunteer functions in a correctional institution who engages in sexual conduct with a person who is in lawful custody in a correctional institution commits the offense of sexual conduct in a correctional institution.

(2)

For purposes of this section:

(a)

“Correctional institution” means a correctional facility, as defined in section 17-1-102 (1.7), C.R.S., a local jail, as defined in section 17-1-102 (7), C.R.S., operated by or under contract with the department of corrections, a jail, a facility operated by or under contract with the department of human services in which juveniles are or may be lawfully held for detention or commitment for the commission of a crime, or a facility of a community corrections program as defined in section 17-27-102 (3), C.R.S.

(b)

“Sexual conduct” means sexual contact as defined in section 18-3-401 (4), sexual intrusion as defined in section 18-3-401 (5), or sexual penetration as defined in section 18-3-401 (6). “Sexual conduct” does not include acts of an employee of a correctional institution or a person who has custody of another person that are performed to carry out the necessary duties of the employee or the person with custody.

(3)

Sexual conduct in a correctional institution is a class 5 felony if the sexual conduct includes sexual intrusion or sexual penetration and is committed by an employee or contract employee of a correctional institution or by an employee, contract employee, or individual who performs work functions in a correctional institution or for the department of corrections, the department of human services, or a community corrections program.

(4)

Sexual conduct in a correctional institution is a class 6 felony if:

(a)

The sexual conduct consists solely of sexual contact and is committed by an employee or contract employee of a correctional institution or by an employee, contract employee, or individual who performs work functions in a correctional institution or for the department of corrections, the department of human services, or a community corrections program;

(b)

The sexual conduct includes sexual intrusion or sexual penetration and is committed by a volunteer.

(5)

Sexual conduct in a correctional institution is a class 1 misdemeanor if the sexual conduct consists solely of sexual contact and is committed by a volunteer.

Source: Section 18-7-701 — Sexual conduct in a correctional institution, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-18.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

18‑7‑101
Definitions
18‑7‑102
Obscenity
18‑7‑103
Injunctions to restrain the promotion of obscene materials
18‑7‑104.5
Remedies under the “Colorado Organized Crime Control Act”
18‑7‑105
Severability
18‑7‑107
Posting a private image for harassment - definitions
18‑7‑108
Posting a private image for pecuniary gain - definitions
18‑7‑109
Posting, possession, or exchange of a private image by a juvenile - definitions - penalties
18‑7‑201
Prostitution prohibited
18‑7‑201.3
Affirmative defense - human trafficking - expungement of record protective order - definitions
18‑7‑201.4
Victim of human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude - provision of services - reporting
18‑7‑202
Soliciting for prostitution
18‑7‑203
Pandering
18‑7‑204
Keeping a place of prostitution
18‑7‑205
Patronizing a prostitute
18‑7‑206
Pimping
18‑7‑207
Prostitute making display
18‑7‑209
Immunity from prostitution-related offenses - victims - human trafficking of a minor for involuntary servitude - human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude
18‑7‑301
Public indecency
18‑7‑302
Indecent exposure - definitions
18‑7‑401
Definitions
18‑7‑402
Soliciting for child prostitution
18‑7‑403
Pandering of a child
18‑7‑403.5
Procurement of a child
18‑7‑404
Keeping a place of child prostitution
18‑7‑405
Pimping of a child
18‑7‑405.5
Inducement of child prostitution
18‑7‑406
Patronizing a prostituted child
18‑7‑407
Criminality of conduct
18‑7‑408
Severability
18‑7‑409
Reports of convictions to department of education
18‑7‑501
Definitions
18‑7‑502
Unlawful acts
18‑7‑503
Applicability
18‑7‑504
Severability
18‑7‑601
Dispensing violent films to minors - misdemeanors
18‑7‑701
Sexual conduct in a correctional institution
18‑7‑801
Criminal invasion of privacy
18‑7‑901
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§ 18-7-701’s source at colorado​.gov