North Dakota § 12-47-24 Penitentiary inmates may be restrained

North Dakota Statutes

§ 12-47-24 — Penitentiary inmates may be restrained

North Dakota § 12-47-24

Title 12Corrections, Parole, and Probation

Ch. 12-47The Penitentiary

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N.D. Cent. Code § 12-47-24 (2026).

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Whenever any inmate of the penitentiary offers or attempts to do any injury to any other
person or property, either within the grounds or premises of the penitentiary or at any other
place where said inmate may be, or whenever any inmate disobeys or resists any reasonable
command of any officer or guard, any officer or guard may use reasonable means to defend
himself or another or to enforce the observance of discipline.

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Whenever any inmate of the penitentiary offers or attempts to do any injury to any other
person or property, either within the grounds or premises of the penitentiary or at any other
place where said inmate may be, or whenever any inmate disobeys or resists any reasonable
command of any officer or guard, any officer or guard may use reasonable means to defend
himself or another or to enforce the observance of discipline.