TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 42

HABEAS CORPUS AND INSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION PROCEDURES ACT

19-4222.  Prior showing of physical injury or mental illness required. No civil action may be brought by a prisoner confined in a state, local or private correctional facility for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody without a prior showing of either:

(1)  Physical injury; or

(2)  Diagnosed severe and disabling mental illness.

History:

[19-4222, added 1999, ch. 376, sec. 2, p. 1034; am. 2000, ch. 271, sec. 14, p. 785.]