3-21-8. No liability for failure to provide correctional facilities or equipment, services, etc., therein.
No person, political subdivision, or the state is liable for failure to provide a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility, or if such facility is provided, for failure to provide sufficient equipment, personnel, programs, facilities, or services in a prison or other correctional facility.
Source: SL 1986, ch 4, §10.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 3 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 21 - Liability Of Public Entities And Public Officials
Section 3-21-2 - Notice prerequisite to action for damages--Time limit.
Section 3-21-3 - Persons to whom notice must be given.
Section 3-21-5 - Effect of inaccuracy in notice.
Section 3-21-7 - No waiver of sovereign immunity.
Section 3-21-10 - Immunity from lawsuits in courts of other jurisdictions.
Section 3-21-11 - Who are agents of state for purposes of § 21-32-17.
Section 3-21-13 - Restrictions on agreements providing for indemnification.
Section 3-21-14 - Nondisparagement clause--Unenforceable--State government.