The department shall be governed by a director appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Any vacancy occurring for any cause shall be filled by the Governor in the manner provided for by law for the unexpired term. The director shall be subject to removal from office as provided in Section 1-3-240.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-293; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 373.
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.