24-11-1. Jail defined–Classification of jails. The term, jail, as used in this chapter includes any building or place provided or used by any county, municipality, or civil township for the detention of adult persons convicted or accused of the violation of any law of this state, any ordinance or bylaw of any municipality or civil […]
24-11-10. Required fireproofing for designated jail. All buildings designed for the purposes mentioned in §24-11-1 and erected after July 1, 1911, shall be constructed with fireproof floors, and interior wall surfaces. Source: SDC 1939, §13.4601.
24-11-11. Heat and furnishings for jail–Expense. The board of county commissioners or the governing body of any municipality shall provide suitable means for warming each jail and its cells and apartments, provide beds and bedding, and such permanent fixtures and repairs as may be required by the policies and procedures provided for in §24-11-23 or […]
24-11-12. Appointment of jail physician–Physician’s reports. The board of county commissioners or governing body of the municipality may appoint a physician for the jail or jails within its jurisdiction and provide for the payment of his services, which physician shall make a report in writing to such board or governing body or to the judge […]
24-11-13. Officer in charge of jail–Conformance to policies and procedures. The sheriff or other officer designated by law or ordinance shall have charge of the jail of his county or municipality and of all persons by law confined therein. The officer in charge of any jail shall conform in all respects to the policies and […]
24-11-14. Removal of prisoners in case of fire–Alternate place of confinement not deemed escape. If any jail or building adjacent thereto shall be on fire and the prisoners shall be exposed to danger by such fire, the keeper may remove such prisoners to a place of safety and there confine them so long as may […]
24-11-16. Jail records to be maintained. The sheriff or other officer having charge of any jail shall keep jail records. These records shall be carefully kept and preserved and delivered to such officer’s successor in office. The officer shall exhibit these records to any judge of the circuit court, if requested to do so, and […]
24-11-17. Duty of sheriff to keep commitment orders and like documents–Copies of returns–Return as prima facie evidence of right to confine prisoner. All instruments of every kind, or attested copies thereof, by which a prisoner is committed or liberated, shall be regularly endorsed, filed, and safely kept by the sheriff or officer acting as jailer, […]
24-11-19. Separation of sexes. All jails shall confine persons of different sexes apart from each other. Source: SDC 1939, §13.4601; SL 1981, ch 195, §6.
24-11-2. Establishment of county jail at expense of county. There shall be established and maintained in every county, by authority of the board of county commissioners and at the expense of the county, a jail for the purposes stated in this chapter, except as provided in §24-11-3. Source: SDC 1939, §13.4602; SL 1963, ch 57.
24-11-20. Failure to separate sexes as misdemeanor. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any officer having charge of any jail to keep together in the same cell block male and female prisoners, except husband and wife. Source: SDC 1939, §§13.4609, 13.4621; SL 1979, ch 150, §36; SL 1981, ch 195, §7.
24-11-21. Furnishing prisoner necessaries–Receipt of medical treatment as assignment of insurance proceeds, etc.–Unrecovered payments as lien. The governing body or board of county commissioners is responsible for securing bedclothing, laundry, board, nursing when required, and all necessaries for the comfort and welfare of the prisoners. If a prisoner or any person under arrest receives medical […]
24-11-21.1. Medical provider to submit claim for services to insurer before submitting claim to county. If an inmate of a county jail requires medical, dental, optometric, chiropractic, or psychiatric care, the medical provider shall submit the claim for costs of the services to any available insurer, prior to submitting the claim to the county. If […]
24-11-23. Policies and procedures–Adoption–Contents. The governing body or commission responsible for the operation of a jail shall adopt written policies and procedures for the regulation of the jail on the following subjects: (1)The cleanliness of the prisoners; (2)The classification of prisoners by sex, age, crime, and mental illness; (3)Beds and clothing; (4)Warming, lighting, and ventilation […]
24-11-24. Posting and distribution of policies and procedures. The sheriff or officer in charge of each jail shall, on the receipt of such policies and procedures, cause them to be posted and kept posted in some conspicuous place accessible to all prisoners in the jail or provide a copy to each prisoner upon admission. Source: […]
24-11-27. Power of circuit judge to visit jail and make order–Violation of order as contempt. The judge of the circuit court may visit, inspect, and supervise all the jails in his circuit and all county and municipal officers shall comply with the orders of such court relating to jails or inmates therein, in accordance with […]
24-11-28. Work required of certain prisoners–Determination by sentencing court whether prisoner should work–Particular work permissible. Every able-bodied prisoner over eighteen and not more than fifty years of age confined in any jail under the judgment of any court authorized to imprison upon conviction for the violation of any law of this state, an ordinance or […]
24-11-29. Inmates requesting work. All persons confined in any jail may be allowed upon request to perform the labor described by §24-11-28. Source: SDC 1939, §13.4615.
24-11-3. Counties without jails or juvenile detention facilities–Overcrowded or unsafe jails and facilities–Confinement in adjoining political subdivision–Expenses. If there is no jail or juvenile detention facility in the county, or if the jail or juvenile detention facility in the county is crowded, unsafe, or otherwise insufficient to conform to the requirements of this chapter, every […]
24-11-30. Sentence for violation of state law–Work performed under direction of county board and for county. Whenever a sentence is for violation of a state law, and the prisoner is confined in a county jail, the labor described by §§24-11-28 and 24-11-29 shall be performed under the direction of the board of county commissioners and […]
