24-2-10. Unauthorized injury to inmate--Punishment.

Any person sentenced to imprisonment in a state correctional facility is under the protection of the law, and any injury to such person not authorized by law is punishable in the same manner as if the person were not convicted or sentenced.

Source: SDC 1939, § 13.0204; SL 1989, ch 20, § 89; SL 2004, ch 168, § 5; SL 2023, ch 82, § 67.