N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-20

Current through Session Law 2024-56

Section 148-20 - Corporal punishment of prisoners prohibited

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.

Amended by 2021 N.C. Sess. Laws 180,s. 19C.9-o, eff. 1/1/2023.

Amended by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145,s. 19.1-i, eff. 1/1/2012.

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.