§ 12-28-106 — Electric fencing

(a) (1) The Division of Correction may design and install high-voltage electrified security fence systems at all existing and proposed medium and maximum security prisons. (2) However, at the time of installation there shall be posted universal danger signs on all sides of the system clearly visible to inmates and the public displaying in English and Spanish the warning "deadly voltage". (b) The installation of these fence systems shall be double, twelve-feet-high, security perimeter fences, with the exception of those locations where a building or wall constitutes a part of the security perimeter. (c) At institutions where these fences have been installed, the division shall provide perimeter patrol for the safety of the local community.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 778, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1997, No. 350, § 1.