§ 148-37.1 – Prohibition on private prisons housing out-of-state inmates.
148-37.1. Prohibition on private prisons housing out-of-state inmates. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or authorized by North Carolina law, no municipality, county, or private entity may authorize, construct, own, or operate any type of correctional facility for the confinement of inmates serving sentences for violation of the laws of a jurisdiction other […]
§ 148-37.3 – Authority of private correctional officers employed pursuant to a contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons[Effective until January 1, 2023]
148-37.3. Authority of private correctional officers employed pursuant to a contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. [Effective until January 1, 2023] (a) Correctional officers and security supervisors employed at private correctional facilities pursuant to a contract between their employer and the Federal Bureau of Prisons may, in the course of their employment as correctional […]
§ 148-40 – Recapture of escaped prisoners[Effective until January 1, 2023]
148-40. Recapture of escaped prisoners. [Effective until January 1, 2023] The rules and regulations for the government of the State prison system may provide for the recapture of convicts that may escape, or any convicts that may have escaped from the State’s prison or prison camps, or county road camps of this State, and the […]
§ 148-41 – Recapture of escaping prisoners; reward[Effective until January 1, 2023]
148-41. Recapture of escaping prisoners; reward. [Effective until January 1, 2023] The Secretary of Public Safety shall use every means possible to recapture, regardless of expense, any prisoners escaping from or leaving without permission any of the State prisons, camps, or farms. When any person who has been confined or placed to work escapes from […]
§ 148-44 – Separation as to sex.
148-44. Separation as to sex. The Department shall provide quarters for female prisoners separate from those for male prisoners. (1933, c. 172, s. 25; 1947, c. 262, s. 2; 1957, c. 349, s. 10; 1963, c. 1174, s. 2; 1985, c. 226, s. 3(3).)
§ 148-45 – Escaping or attempting escape from State prison system; failure of conditionally and temporarily released prisoners and certain youthful offenders to return to custody of Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety[Effective until January 1, 2023]
148-45. Escaping or attempting escape from State prison system; failure of conditionally and temporarily released prisoners and certain youthful offenders to return to custody of Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety. [Effective until January 1, 2023] (a) Any person in the custody of the Division of Adult Correction […]
§ 148-46 – Degree of protection against violence allowed[Effective until January 1, 2023]
148-46. Degree of protection against violence allowed. [Effective until January 1, 2023] (a) When any prisoner, or several combined shall offer violence to any officer, overseer, or correctional officer, or to any fellow prisoner, or attempt to do any injury to the prison building, or to any workshop, or other equipment, or shall attempt to […]
§ 148-46.1 – Inflicting or assisting in infliction of self injury to prisoner resulting in incapacity to perform assigned duties[Effective until January 1, 2023]
148-46.1. Inflicting or assisting in infliction of self injury to prisoner resulting in incapacity to perform assigned duties. [Effective until January 1, 2023] Any person serving a sentence or sentences within the State prison system who, during the term of such imprisonment, willfully and intentionally inflicts upon himself any injury resulting in a permanent or […]
§ 148-46.2 – Procedure when consent is refused by prisoner[Effective until January 1, 2023]
148-46.2. Procedure when consent is refused by prisoner. [Effective until January 1, 2023] When the Secretary of Public Safety finds as a fact that the injury to any prisoner was willfully and intentionally self-inflicted and that an operation or treatment is necessary for the preservation or restoration of the health of the prisoner and that […]
§ 148-26 – State policy on employment of prisoners[Effective until January 1, 2023]
148-26. State policy on employment of prisoners. [Effective until January 1, 2023] (a) It is declared to be the public policy of the State of North Carolina that all able-bodied prison inmates shall be required to perform diligently all work assignments provided for them. The failure of any inmate to perform such a work assignment […]