North Carolina § 148-70 - Management and care of inmates.
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§ 148-70. Management and care of inmates.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety in all contracts for labor shall provide for feeding and clothing the inmates and shall maintain, control and guard the quarters in which the inmates live during the time of the contracts; and the Division shall provide for the guarding and working of such inmates under its sole supervision and control. The Division may make such contracts for the hire of the inmates confined in the State prison as may in its discretion be proper. History (1917, c. 286, s. 2; 1919, c. 80, s. 1; C.S., s. 7762; 1925, c. 163; 1931, c. 145, s. 35; 1933, c. 172, s. 18; 1957, c. 349, s. 10; 1959, c. 170, s. 2; 1967, c. 996, s. 13; 1975, c. 730, s. 1; 1983, c. 717, s. 14; 1985, c. 118; c. 226, s. 11; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 902, s. 2; 2007-280, s. 4; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2012-83, s. 61; 2017-186, s. 2(pppppppp).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-280, s. 4, effective August 1, 2007, in the section heading, substituted a period for a semicolon following "inmates" and deleted "prison industries; disposition of products of inmate labor"; deleted the language beginning with "In accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of Chapter 66 ..." and ending with "...by the Governor pursuant to G.S. 66-58(f) " in the first undesignated paragraph; deleted the second, third, fourth, and fifth undesignated paragraphs, and deleted subdivisions (1) through (3) related to management and care of inmates and prison facilities. Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(pppppppp), effective December 1, 2017, inserted "and Juvenile Justice" in the first sentence of the section.
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