24-1-6. Appointment and removal of warden.
The warden shall be appointed by the secretary of corrections, and the secretary may remove the warden at the secretary's discretion.
Source: SDC 1939, §13.4704; SL 1945, ch 45; SL 1951, ch 39; SL 1953, ch 37; SL 1961, ch 43; SL 1979, ch 161, §2; SL 1989, ch 20, §71.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 24 - Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
Chapter 01 - Management Of State Penitentiary
Section 24-1-1 - Penitentiary as general state prison.
Section 24-1-4 - Government of penitentiary by Department of Corrections.
Section 24-1-6 - Appointment and removal of warden.
Section 24-1-8 - Salary of warden.
Section 24-1-12 - Service of process within penitentiary--Officers exempt from jury duty.
Section 24-1-13 - Warden as custodian of all penitentiary property.
Section 24-1-16 - Penitentiary purchases.
Section 24-1-26 - Penitentiary employees prohibited from involvement in procuring clemencies.
Section 24-1-26.1 - Sexual acts prohibited between prison employees and prisoners--Felony.
Section 24-1-27 - Disposition of body of dead inmate--Notice to next of kin.
Section 24-1-35 - Contract with local jail for custody and care of prisoners.
Section 24-1-36 - Notice to sentencing judge of inmate's change of status.