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.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4717; SL 1979, ch 161, § 4; SL 1989, ch 20, § 87; SL 1990, ch 178.