(A) The Director of the Department of Corrections may establish a program involving the use of inmate labor by a nonprofit organization or in private industry for the manufacturing and processing of goods, wares, or merchandise or the provision of services or another business or commercial enterprise considered by the director to enhance the general welfare of South Carolina. No violent offender shall be afforded the opportunity to perform labor for nonprofit organizations if such labor is outside the confines of a correctional institution. Inmates participating in such labor shall not benefit in any manner contradictory to existing statutes.
(B) The director may enter into contracts necessary to implement this program. The contractual agreements may include rental or lease agreements for state buildings or portions of them on the grounds of an institution or a facility of the Department of Corrections and provide for reasonable access to and egress from the building to establish and operate a facility.
(C) An inmate may participate in the program established pursuant to this section only on a voluntary basis and only after he has been informed of the conditions of his employment.
(D) No inmate participating in the program may earn less than the prevailing wage for work of similar nature in the private sector.
(E) Inmate participation in the program may not result in the displacement of employed workers in the State of South Carolina and may not impair existing contracts for services.
(F) Nothing contained in this section restores, in whole or in part, the civil rights of an inmate. No inmate compensated for participation in the program is considered an employee of the State.
(G) No inmate who participates in a project designated by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance pursuant to Public Law 90-351 is eligible for unemployment compensation upon termination from the program.
(H) The earnings of an inmate authorized to work at paid employment pursuant to this section must be paid directly to the Department of Corrections and applied as provided under Section 24-3-40.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 43; 1998 Act No. 355, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 3 - State Prison System
Section 24-3-40. Disposition of wages of prisoner allowed to work at paid employment.
Section 24-3-45. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 237, Section 91, eff June 11, 2010.
Section 24-3-70. Allowable expenses incurred in transportation of prisoners; method of payment.
Section 24-3-80. Detention of prisoner when authorized by Governor.
Section 24-3-81. Conjugal visits not permitted.
Section 24-3-90. Prisoners sentenced by United States authorities.
Section 24-3-93. Wearing of jewelry.
Section 24-3-110. Manufacture of license plates and road signs.
Section 24-3-130. Use of inmate labor on State highways or other public projects.
Section 24-3-131. Supervision of inmates used on public projects.
Section 24-3-140. Use of inmate labor on State House and Grounds.
Section 24-3-150. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 237, Section 91, eff June 11, 2010.
Section 24-3-160. Costs of maintaining inmates by State institutions.
Section 24-3-170. Payments by Clemson University for use of inmates.
Section 24-3-180. Transportation and clothes for discharged inmates.
Section 24-3-190. Appropriation of balances for Department of Corrections.
Section 24-3-200. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 237, Section 91, eff June 11, 2010.
Section 24-3-210. Furloughs for qualified inmates of State prison system.
Section 24-3-310. Declaration of intent.
Section 24-3-315. Determinations prerequisite to selecting prison industry project.
Section 24-3-330. Purchase of products produced by inmate labor by State and political subdivisions.
Section 24-3-350. Dry-cleaning facilities.
Section 24-3-360. Annual preparation of catalogues describing articles produced by convict labor.
Section 24-3-370. Priority of product distribution.
Section 24-3-380. Prices of products.
Section 24-3-390. Rules and regulations.
Section 24-3-400. Prison Industries Account.
Section 24-3-410. Sale of prison-made products on open market generally prohibited; penalties.
Section 24-3-430. Inmate labor in private industry authorized; requirements and conditions.
Section 24-3-510. Death sentence and notice thereof.
Section 24-3-520. Transportation of inmate sentenced to death.
Section 24-3-530. Death penalty; methods of execution.
Section 24-3-540. Death chamber; expenses incurred in transporting criminal to place of execution.
Section 24-3-550. Witnesses at execution.
Section 24-3-560. Certification of execution.
Section 24-3-570. Disposition of body.
Section 24-3-590. Prohibition of denial of license to execution team member.
Section 24-3-710. Conduct in state prison system.
Section 24-3-720. Enlisting aid of citizens to suppress prisoner riot, disorder or insurrection.
Section 24-3-730. Neglecting or refusing aid; fine.
Section 24-3-740. Compensation for assistance.
Section 24-3-760. Powers of keeper in regard to disorders in absence of Director.
Section 24-3-910. Penitentiary employee aiding in escape; penalty.
Section 24-3-920. Rewards for capture of escaped inmates.
Section 24-3-930. Guards, keepers and other employees exempt from jury, military or street duty.
Section 24-3-940. Gambling prohibited.
Section 24-3-960. Moneys in unlawful possession of prisoners as contraband; use in welfare fund.
Section 24-3-965. Certain offenses relating to contraband to be tried in magistrate's court.
Section 24-3-970. Use of a social networking site by an inmate to contact a victim; penalty.