2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 148 - State Prison System.
§ 148-20. Corporal punishment of prisoners prohibited.
§ 148‑20. Corporal punishment of prisoners prohibited.
It is unlawful for the Secretary of 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. (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.)
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