Officers and employees may use any necessary means, including reasonable force, to maintain order in any adult correctional facility, to enforce obedience, suppress insurrections and prevent escapes, even at the hazard of life.
S.D. Codified Laws § 24-2-6
Maintenance of order--Prevention of escapes
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4717; SL 1979, ch 161, § 4; SL 1989, ch 20, § 87; SL 1990, ch 178.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.