North Carolina § 148-31 - Maintenance of Central Prison; warden; powers and duties.
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§ 148-31. Maintenance of Central Prison; warden; powers and duties.
The Central Prison shall be maintained in such a manner as to conform to all the requirements of Article XI of the State Constitution, relating to a State's prison. A suitable person shall be appointed warden of the Central Prison, and he shall succeed to and be vested with all the rights, duties, and powers heretofore vested by law in the superintendent of the State's prison or the warden thereof with respect to capital punishment, or any matter of discipline of the inmates of the prison not otherwise provided for in this Article. History (1933, c. 172, s. 14.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-412, s. 1.2, provides: "The Department of Public Safety shall study the potential benefits and costs of contracting for maintenance services at prison facilities and report its findings to the 2013 Session of the General Assembly. The Department shall not expand private maintenance contracts to additional prison facilities unless authorized by the 2013 Session of the General Assembly."
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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