S.D. Codified Laws § 3-21-9

No liability for parole or release of prisoner or revocation thereof or for certain other matters

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Unruh v. Davison County (2008)

Most recently applied in MASAD v. Weber (August 2009)

Source: SL 1986, ch 4, § 11.

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No person, political subdivision, or the state is liable for any injury resulting from the parole or release of a prisoner or from the terms and conditions of his parole or release or from the revocation of his parole or release, or for any injury caused by or resulting from:

(1) An escaping or escaped prisoner;

(2) An escaping or escaped person;

(3) A person resisting arrest;

(4) A prisoner to any other prisoner; or

(5) Services or programs administered by or on behalf of the prison, jail, or correctional facility.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.