Any person sentenced to imprisonment in a state correctional facility is under the protection of the law, and any injury to such person not authorized by law is punishable in the same manner as if the person were not convicted or sentenced.
S.D. Codified Laws § 24-2-10
Unauthorized injury to inmate--Punishment
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.0204; SL 1989, ch 20, § 89; SL 2004, ch 168, § 5; SL 2023, ch 82, § 67.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.