North Carolina General Statutes
Article 3 - Labor of Prisoners.
§ 148-37.1 - Prohibition on private prisons housing out-of-state inmates.

148-37.1. Prohibition on private prisons housing out-of-state inmates.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or authorized by North Carolina law, no municipality, county, or private entity may authorize, construct, own, or operate any type of correctional facility for the confinement of inmates serving sentences for violation of the laws of a jurisdiction other than North Carolina.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to facilities owned or operated by the federal government and used exclusively for the confinement of inmates serving sentences for violation of federal law, but only to the extent that such facilities are not subject to restriction by the states under the provisions of the United States Constitution. (2000-67, s. 16.3(a).)

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North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 148 - State Prison System

Article 3 - Labor of Prisoners.

§ 148-26 - State policy on employment of prisoners[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-26.1 - Definitions.

§ 148-26.5 - Pay and time allowances for work[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-28 - Sentencing prisoners to Central Prison; youthful offenders[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-29 - Transportation of convicts to prison; reimbursement to counties; sheriff's expense affidavit[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-31 - Maintenance of Central Prison; warden; powers and duties.

§ 148-32.1 - Local confinement, costs, alternate facilities, parole, work release[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-32.2 - Community work crew fee[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-32.3 - Inmate Construction Program[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-33 - Prison labor furnished other State agencies[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-33.1 - Sentencing, quartering, and control of prisoners with work-release privileges[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-33.2 - Restitution by prisoners with work-release privileges[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-36 - Secretary of Public Safety to control classification and operation of prison facilities[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-37 - Additional facilities authorized; contractual arrangements[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-37.1 - Prohibition on private prisons housing out-of-state inmates.

§ 148-37.3 - Authority of private correctional officers employed pursuant to a contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-40 - Recapture of escaped prisoners[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-41 - Recapture of escaping prisoners; reward[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-44 - Separation as to sex.

§ 148-45 - Escaping or attempting escape from State prison system; failure of conditionally and temporarily released prisoners and certain youthful offenders to return to custody of Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department...

§ 148-46 - Degree of protection against violence allowed[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-46.1 - Inflicting or assisting in infliction of self injury to prisoner resulting in incapacity to perform assigned duties[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-46.2 - Procedure when consent is refused by prisoner[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 148-47 - Disposition of child born of female prisoner.

§ 148-48 - Parole powers of Parole Commission unaffected.

§ 148-49 - Prison indebtedness not assumed by Board of Transportation.