<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 24-2-10 - Unauthorized injury to inmate--Punishment.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 24-2-10 - Unauthorized injury to inmate--Punishment."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 24-2-10 - Unauthorized injury to inmate--Punishment."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=24-2-10"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=24-2-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5SENU">24-2-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5SENU">. </span><span class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5CL">Unauthorized injury to inmate--Punishment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5Statute"><span class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5DefaultParagraphFont">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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s61ab13a13e50403dbedd31ea5e3ea2e5SCL">SDC 1939, § 13.0204; SL 1989, ch 20, § 89; SL 2004, ch 168, § 5; SL 2023, ch 82, § 67.</span></p></div></body></html>