All officers and persons employed in and about the penitentiary shall perform such duties in the oversight and charge of the penitentiary, the use and care of the property belonging thereto, and the custody, discipline, government, and employment of the inmates as shall be required of them by the warden, in conformity to law and the rules and regulations of the penitentiary. No officer or employee shall be engaged directly or indirectly in procuring a pardon for any person confined therein. Any officer or employee violating the provisions of this section shall be removed immediately.
12-47-17. Offenders committed to department of corrections and rehabilitation - Records to be kept. The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall receive any offender who has been convicted and committed to the legal and physical custody of the department when the offender has been delivered to the department together with a copy of the judgment and sentence of the court ordering the commitment to the custody of the department. The warden, immediately upon the receipt of an offender assigned by the department to the penitentiary, shall enter in the record of the penitentiary, the name, age, sex, color, height, nationality, and every other fact, characteristic, and condition, natural or artificial, that in any way may tend to aid in the identification of the offender. After an intake, evaluation, and classification process, the department shall assign the offender to the penitentiary, another correctional facility, or other placement.