State Criminal Laws Prohibiting Sexual Abuse of Individuals Under Correctional
Supervision: Consent as a Defense
National Institute of Corrections/American University, Washington College of Law – January 2006
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Consent is explicitly not a defense to staff sexual misconduct with
an offender
Consent is not addressed in the statute

Source: June 2006. The NIC/WCL Project on
Addressing Prison Rape

Statute penalizes offender for engaging in sexual relations with
correctional staff, thus, consent can be inferred