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Section 24-13-10. Segregation of sexes. - In all prisons and local detention facilities in the State,...
Section 24-13-20. Sheriffs' duties with respect to arrest of escaped convicts; penalty. - The sheriffs of this State under the penalty provided, in...
Section 24-13-30. Use of force to maintain internal order and discipline and to prevent escape of inmates. - A person officially charged with the safekeeping of inmates, whether...
Section 24-13-35. Treatment of female inmates; visits with minor dependents. - (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a person officially charged...
Section 24-13-40. Computation of time served by prisoners. - The computation of the time served by prisoners under sentences...
Section 24-13-50. Monthly reports required from municipal and county facility manager responsible for custody of convicted persons. - Every municipal and county facility manager responsible for the custody...
Section 24-13-60. Screening of offenders for possible placement on work release. - The Department of Corrections shall automatically screen all offenders committed...
Section 24-13-65. Prisoners to be provided for litter control projects. - The Department of Corrections shall provide prisoners not otherwise engaged...
Section 24-13-80. Prisoners to pay for certain costs; definitions; criteria for deductions from inmates' accounts; reimbursement to inmates; recovery from estates of inmates. - (A) As used in this section: (1) "Detention facility" means...
Section 24-13-100. Definition of no parole offense; classification. - For purposes of definition under South Carolina law, a "no...
Section 24-13-125. Eligibility for work release; limitations; forfeiture of credits. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except in a...
Section 24-13-150. Early release, discharge, and community supervision; limitations; forfeiture of credits. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except in a...
Section 24-13-175. Calculation of sentence imposed and time served. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sentences imposed and time...
Section 24-13-180. Paroled inmate rehabilitation facilities; public hearings; exemptions. - (A) Any public, private, or nonprofit entity whose primary purpose...
Section 24-13-210. Credit given inmates for good behavior. - (A) An inmate convicted of an offense against this State,...
Section 24-13-220. Time off for good behavior in cases of commuted or suspended sentences. - The provisions of Section 24-13-210 shall also apply when a...
Section 24-13-230. Reduction of sentence for productive duty assignment or participation in academic, technical, or vocational training program. - (A) The Director of the Department of Corrections may allow...
Section 24-13-235. Voluntary program. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of...
Section 24-13-260. Failure of officer having charge of inmate to allow deduction in time of serving sentence; penalty. - An officer having charge of an inmate who refuses to...
Section 24-13-410. Unlawful escape or possessing tools or weapons therefor; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful for a person, lawfully confined in...
Section 24-13-420. Unlawful escape; harboring or employing escaped convicts; penalty. - (A) It is unlawful for a person, lawfully confined in...
Section 24-13-425. Tampering with the operation of an electronic monitoring device; penalty. - (A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Electronic monitoring...
Section 24-13-430. Rioting or inciting to riot; penalty. - (A) An inmate of the Department of Corrections or of...
Section 24-13-440. Carrying or concealing weapon; penalty. - It is unlawful for an inmate of a state correctional...
Section 24-13-450. Taking of hostages; penalty. - An inmate of a state correctional facility, a local detention...
Section 24-13-460. Furnishing prisoners alcoholic beverages or narcotic drugs; penalty. - It is unlawful for a person in this State to...
Section 24-13-470. Throwing of body fluids on correctional facility employees and certain others; penalty; blood borne disease testing. - (A) An inmate, a detainee, a person taken into custody,...
Section 24-13-640. Statewide uniform for prisoners assigned to work details outside of correctional facilities. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any state or local...
Section 24-13-650. Prohibition against release of offender into community in which he committed violent crime; exception. - (A) No offender committed to incarceration for a violent offense...
Section 24-13-660. Public service work performed by inmates. - (A) A criminal offender committed to incarceration anywhere in this...
Section 24-13-710. Implementation of supervised furlough program; search and seizure; fee; guidelines; eligibility criteria. - The Department of Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole...
Section 24-13-720. Inmates who may be placed with program; search and seizure. - Unless sentenced to life imprisonment, an inmate under the jurisdiction...
Section 24-13-730. Implementation of new programs and program changes subject to appropriations by General Assembly. - Any new program established under Sections 14-1-210, 14-1-220, 14-1-230, 16-1-60,...
Section 24-13-910. Administration of work/punishment programs; eligible offenders. - Beginning January 1, 1988, local governing bodies may establish regulations...
Section 24-13-915. Meaning of "local detention facility". - Wherever in the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,...
Section 24-13-920. Removal of inmate from program for violation of program regulations. - If the inmate participating in the work/punishment program violates the...
Section 24-13-930. Surrender of inmates' earnings; amounts deductible. - The earnings of each inmate participating in the work/punishment program,...
Section 24-13-940. Contracts for service of sentences in custody of Department of Corrections or of other local detention facilities. - The official administering the work/punishment program may contract with the...
Section 24-13-950. Standards for operation of local inmate work programs. - The Department of Corrections shall, by January 1, 1987, develop...
Section 24-13-1310. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Eligible inmate" means a...
Section 24-13-1320. Regulations; reports. - (A) The director of the department, guided by consideration for...
Section 24-13-1330. Court ordered participation; department evaluation and notification of unsuitability; inmate's agreement to terms and conditions; effect of completion; participation is a privilege. - (A) A court may order that an "eligible inmate" be...
Section 24-13-1510. Short title. - This article is known and may be cited as the...
Section 24-13-1520. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Department" means, in the...
Section 24-13-1530. Home detention programs as alternative to incarceration; correctional programs for which it may be substituted; local programs. - (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law which requires mandatory incarceration,...
Section 24-13-1540. Promulgation of regulations; approved absences from home. - If a department desires to implement a home detention program,...
Section 24-13-1550. Verification. - The participant shall admit a person or agent designated by...
Section 24-13-1560. Use of electronic monitoring device. - The participant shall use an approved electronic monitoring device if...
Section 24-13-1570. Approval required for change in residence or schedule; notice that violation of detention is a crime; revocation; input of victim regarding eligibility for home detention. - (A) The participant shall obtain approval from the department before...
Section 24-13-1580. Necessity of written consent to electronic home detention; other residents' knowledge. - Before entering an order for commitment for electronic home detention,...
Section 24-13-1590. Article not applicable to certain controlled substance offenders; probation and parole authority not diminished. - Nothing in this article: (1) applies to a person, regardless...
Section 24-13-1910. Centers for alcohol and drug rehabilitation established; construction and operation of, and responsibility for centers. - There is established one or more centers for alcohol and...
Section 24-13-1920. Program for alcohol and drug abuse intervention, prevention, and treatment services; funding. - The Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services shall...
Section 24-13-1930. Placement of certain offenders in center; report of availability of bed space. - A judge may suspend a sentence for a defendant convicted...
Section 24-13-1940. Development of rules and regulations for operation of centers; funding and lease of building. - For the Department of Corrections to establish and maintain a...
Section 24-13-1950. Probation after release from center; revocation of suspended sentence; gender not grounds for ineligibility for program. - Upon release from a center for alcohol and drug rehabilitation,...
Section 24-13-2110. Preparation of inmates for employment. - To aid incarcerated individuals with reentry into their home communities...
Section 24-13-2120. Coordination of agencies. - The Department of Corrections, Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, the...
Section 24-13-2130. Memorandum of understanding to establish role of each agency. - (A) The memorandum of understanding between the South Carolina Department...
Section 24-13-2140. Coordination by Department of Corrections. - The Department of Corrections shall coordinate the efforts of the...