The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, in cooperation with the South Carolina Department of Corrections shall develop and establish policies, procedures, guidelines, and cooperative agreements for the implementation of an adult criminal offender management system which permits carefully screened and selected male offenders and female offenders to be enrolled in the criminal offender management system.
After review by and approval of three members of the Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services designated by the Governor, the board shall enroll qualified offenders monthly into the offender management system to prevent the prison system population from exceeding one hundred percent of capacity at high count. No offender shall be issued an offender management system certificate and released from prison if the release of the offender will reduce the prison system population below ninety-five percent of capacity at high count.
If the Governor at any time during periods when the offender management system is in operation, determines that an insufficient number of inmates are being enrolled into the system to keep the prison system population below one hundred percent of capacity of high count or if the Governor determines that the number of inmates released has reached a level that could endanger the public welfare and safety of the State, he may issue an Executive Order requiring the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services and the South Carolina Department of Corrections to enroll a specified number of qualified prisoners per month for a specified number of months or require the department to cease and desist in the release of the inmates accordingly.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 461, Section 1.
Editor's Note
Termination date of offender management system and any regulations promulgated thereto, see Section 24-22-170.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 22 - Classification System And Adult Criminal Offender Management System
Section 24-22-10. Short title.
Section 24-22-20. Definitions.
Section 24-22-30. Eligibility to participate in offender management system.
Section 24-22-50. System to be in operation during all periods in which funded.
Section 24-22-60. Evaluation of offenders.
Section 24-22-70. Good behavior credit; earned work credits.
Section 24-22-80. Revocation of offender management system status; no appeal.
Section 24-22-100. Enrollee participation in designated programs; community control strategies.
Section 24-22-140. No liberty interest or expectancy of release created.
Section 24-22-160. Operating capacities of prison populations to be established; certification.