Section 24-11-20 - Failure to separate sexes as misdemeanor.

24-11-20. Failure to separate sexes as misdemeanor. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any officer having charge of any jail to keep together in the same cell block male and female prisoners, except husband and wife.

Source: SDC 1939, §§ 13.4609, 13.4621; SL 1979, ch 150, § 36; SL 1981, ch 195, § 7.