21-62-3. Actions for mental or emotional injury prohibited.
No civil action may be brought by a prisoner confined in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility for mental or emotional injury suffered in custody that is not caused by a physical injury.
Source: SL 2010, ch 112, ยง3.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 62 - Prisoners' Actions
Section 21-62-1 - Prisoner defined.
Section 21-62-2 - Exhaustion of administrative remedies or grievance procedures.
Section 21-62-3 - Actions for mental or emotional injury prohibited.
Section 21-62-4 - Dismissal of actions regarding prison conditions.
Section 21-62-5 - Application of chapter.
Section 21-62-6 - Lack of administrative remedy no basis for action.