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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 148-20 (2026)

Corporal punishment of prisoners prohibited

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It is unlawful for the Secretary of the Department of Adult Correction or any other person having the care, custody, or control of any prisoner in this State to make or enforce any rule or regulation providing for the whipping, flogging, or administration of any similar corporal punishment of any prisoner, or to give any specific order for or cause to be administered or personally to administer or inflict any such corporal punishment. (1917, c. 286, s. 7; C.S., s. 7728; 1925, c. 163; 1933, c. 172, s. 18; 1955, c. 238, s. 9; 1963, c. 1174, s. 1; 1967, c. 996, s. 15; 1973, c. 1262, s. 10; 2011-145, s. 19.1(i); 2021-180, s. 19C.9(o).)

 

§ 148-21.  Repealed by Session Laws 1963, c. 1174, s. 5.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1949–2019 · leading case: Threatt v. State of North Carolina, 221 F. Supp. 858 (W.D.N.C. 1963).
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Threatt v. State of North Carolina, 221 F. Supp. 858 (W.D.N.C. 1963). · cites it 2× “Section 148-20), the manner of so doing is carefully circumscribed, and nothing contained in the statute can be said to countenance striking the petitioner with a key ring or kicking him into his cell.”
Price v. Dixon, 961 F. Supp. 894 (E.D.N.C. 1997). · cites it 2× “Price also mentions N.C. Gen.Stat. § 148-20 (1994) as another possible underlying claim.”
Kelly v. Solomon, No. 3:17-cv-00311 (W.D.N.C. May 24, 2019). “G.S. 148-20, corporal punishment, and violation of the Eighth Amendment.”
State v. Carpenter, 231 N.C. 229 (1949). · cites it 2× “” This statute is supplemented in appellant’s brief by G.S. 148-20, reading as follows: “It is unlawful for the state highway and public works commission to whip or flog, or have whipped or flogged, any prisoner committed to their charge until twenty-four hours after the report…”
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