148-20. Corporal punishment of prisoners prohibited. [Effective until January 1, 2023]
It is unlawful for the Secretary of Public Safety or any other person having the care, custody, or control of any prisoner in this State to make or enforce any rule or regulation providing for the whipping, flogging, or administration of any similar corporal punishment of any prisoner, or to give any specific order for or cause to be administered or personally to administer or inflict any such corporal punishment. (1917, c. 286, s. 7; C.S., s. 7728; 1925, c. 163; 1933, c. 172, s. 18; 1955, c. 238, s. 9; 1963, c. 1174, s. 1; 1967, c. 996, s. 15; 1973, c. 1262, s. 10; 2011-145, s. 19.1(i).)
148-20. Corporal punishment of prisoners prohibited. [Effective January 1, 2023]
It is unlawful for the Secretary of the Department of Adult Correction or any other person having the care, custody, or control of any prisoner in this State to make or enforce any rule or regulation providing for the whipping, flogging, or administration of any similar corporal punishment of any prisoner, or to give any specific order for or cause to be administered or personally to administer or inflict any such corporal punishment. (1917, c. 286, s. 7; C.S., s. 7728; 1925, c. 163; 1933, c. 172, s. 18; 1955, c. 238, s. 9; 1963, c. 1174, s. 1; 1967, c. 996, s. 15; 1973, c. 1262, s. 10; 2011-145, s. 19.1(i); 2021-180, s. 19C.9(o).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 148 - State Prison System
Article 2 - Prison Regulations.
§ 148-12 - Diagnostic and classification programs[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 148-18 - Wages, allowances and loans.
§ 148-18.1 - Confiscation of unauthorized articles[Effective January 1, 2023]
§ 148-19 - Health services[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 148-19.1 - Exemption from licensure and certificate of need[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 148-19.2 - Mandatory HIV testing[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 148-19.3 - Health care services to county prisoners.
§ 148-20 - Corporal punishment of prisoners prohibited[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 148-22 - Treatment programs[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 148-22.2 - Procedure when surgical operations on inmates are necessary.
§ 148-24 - Religious services[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 148-25 - Secretary to investigate death of convicts[Effective until January 1, 2023]