§ 12-29-110 - Selling or trading position, working condition, or promotion -- Penalty.
12-29-110. Selling or trading position, working condition, or promotion -- Penalty.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any inmate or employee of the Department of Correction or any other person to sell, barter, or trade, or to promise or offer to sell, barter, or trade any favored job or position, working condition, or any promotion or demotion in any job or position at the department and to:
(1) Accept or receive any money, consideration, or thing of value therefor;
(2) Make or accept any loan or money as inducement thereof; or
(3) Accept or receive any favored condition or job or position at the department either directly or indirectly as a result thereof.
(b) (1) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the department for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years.
(2) If the person so convicted is an inmate in the department, the sentence shall commence to run from the expiration of the sentence under which the person is serving at the time of the violation.