§ 7-32-2247

7-32-2247. Annoyance of inmate prohibited -- penalty. (1) The detention center administrator or staff member in charge of an inmate must use necessary and proper means to protect an inmate from purposeful or knowing insults and annoyance by others and to prevent others from communicating with the inmate while the inmate is at or is going to or returning from employment. (2) A person persisting in purposefully or knowingly insulting, annoying, or communicating with an inmate after being told by the detention center administrator or staff member to desist commits the offense of inmate annoyance. (3) A person convicted of the offense of inmate annoyance shall be fined an amount not to exceed $500. History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 461, L. 1989.