(A) As used in this section, the term 'state correctional properties' includes all property under the control of the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, or his agents, for the confinement of inmates or other uses pursuant to the director's responsibilities.
(B) It is unlawful for a person to:
(1) trespass or loiter on state correctional properties after notice to leave is given by the director or his authorized agents or, after lawful entry, refuse to leave the premises after notice is given; or
(2) incite, solicit, urge, encourage, exhort, instigate, or procure a person to violate the provisions of item (1) of this subsection.
(C) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(D) The provisions of this section must not be construed to bar prosecution of other offenses committed on state correctional property.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-12.1; 1972 (57) 2515; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 390; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 60.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 1 - Department Of Corrections
Section 24-1-20. Declaration of policy.
Section 24-1-30. Department of Corrections created; functions.
Section 24-1-90. Director authorized to make rules and regulations.
Section 24-1-100. Qualifications of director of prison system.
Section 24-1-110. Employment and discharge of other personnel.
Section 24-1-120. Bonds of director and other personnel.
Section 24-1-130. Management and control of prison system.
Section 24-1-145. Transfer or exchange of foreign convicted offenders.
Section 24-1-160. Periodic reports from departments, officers and employees.
Section 24-1-170. Financial records.
Section 24-1-210. Department to prosecute violations relating to treatment of convicts.
Section 24-1-220. Suits to be brought in name of director.
Section 24-1-250. Sale of timber and horticultural products; utilization of funds.
Section 24-1-260. Use of fees collected in clinical pastoral training program.
Section 24-1-285. Organ and tissue donation program.
Section 24-1-310. Designation of detention and correctional facilities as fixed-state facilities.
Section 24-1-320. List of designated sites and unmanned aerial vehicle boundaries.