The secretary of corrections shall appoint a warden for each correctional facility under the direction and government of the department. The secretary may remove a warden at the secretary’s discretion.

Source: SDC 1939, § 13.4704; SL 1945, ch 45; SL 1951, ch 39; SL 1953, ch 37; SL 1961, ch 43; SL 1979, ch 161, § 2; SL 1989, ch 20, § 71; SL 2023, ch 82, § 52.