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Section 24-3-20. Custody of convicted persons; designation of place of confinement; participation in work release and training program; litter removal; establishment and administration of restitution program. - (A) A person convicted of an offense against this State...
Section 24-3-27. Establishing local regional correctional facilities; useful employment of inmates; service of warrants on inmates. - (A) The governing bodies of counties or municipalities may join...
Section 24-3-30. Designation of places of confinement; exceptions; notification to Department of Corrections in advance of closing of local detention facilities. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person convicted...
Section 24-3-40. Disposition of wages of prisoner allowed to work at paid employment. - (A) Unless otherwise provided by law, the employer of a...
Section 24-3-45. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 237, Section 91, eff June 11, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 24-3-45 was entitled "Deductions from wages...
Section 24-3-50. Penalty for failure of prisoner to remain within extended limits of his confinement. - The wilful failure of a prisoner to remain within the...
Section 24-3-60. Notice to Department of Corrections of number of prisoners sentenced to state prison system. - The county clerks of court, upon the adjournment of the...
Section 24-3-70. Allowable expenses incurred in transportation of prisoners; method of payment. - No sum beyond the actual expenses incurred in transferring prisoners...
Section 24-3-80. Detention of prisoner when authorized by Governor. - The director of the prison system shall admit and detain...
Section 24-3-81. Conjugal visits not permitted. - A prisoner who is incarcerated within the state prison system...
Section 24-3-85. Sexually violent predators transferred to custody pursuant to interagency agreements. - The director of the prison system shall admit and detain...
Section 24-3-90. Prisoners sentenced by United States authorities. - The director shall receive and safely keep at hard labor,...
Section 24-3-93. Wearing of jewelry. - No prisoner within the state prison system shall be allowed...
Section 24-3-110. Manufacture of license plates and road signs. - The State Department of Corrections may purchase the machinery and...
Section 24-3-130. Use of inmate labor on State highways or other public projects. - (A) The Department of Corrections may permit the use of...
Section 24-3-131. Supervision of inmates used on public projects. - The Department of Corrections shall determine whether an agency permitted...
Section 24-3-140. Use of inmate labor on State House and Grounds. - The Director of the Department of Corrections shall, when called...
Section 24-3-150. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 237, Section 91, eff June 11, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 24-3-150 was entitled "Transfer of convicts...
Section 24-3-160. Costs of maintaining inmates by State institutions. - An institution of this State getting inmates from the state...
Section 24-3-170. Payments by Clemson University for use of inmates. - Clemson University shall pay to the Department of Corrections a...
Section 24-3-180. Transportation and clothes for discharged inmates. - Whenever an inmate is discharged from a state prison, the...
Section 24-3-190. Appropriation of balances for Department of Corrections. - The balance in the hands of the Department of Corrections...
Section 24-3-200. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 237, Section 91, eff June 11, 2010. - Editor's Note Former Section 24-3-200 was entitled "Transfer of prisoner...
Section 24-3-210. Furloughs for qualified inmates of State prison system. - (A) The director may extend the limits of the place...
Section 24-3-220. Inmate privileges; attending funeral service; visiting family member in the hospital; transportation; notification. - (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, when the parent or...
Section 24-3-310. Declaration of intent. - Since the means now provided for the employment of prison...
Section 24-3-315. Determinations prerequisite to selecting prison industry project. - The Department of Corrections shall ensure that inmates participating in...
Section 24-3-320. Purchase of equipment and materials and employment of personnel for establishment and maintenance of prison industries. - The Department of Corrections may purchase, in the manner provided...
Section 24-3-330. Purchase of products produced by inmate labor by State and political subdivisions. - (A) All offices, departments, institutions, and agencies of this State...
Section 24-3-340. Circumstances warranting State's purchasing products other than those produced by convict labor. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 24-3-310 to 24-3-330 and 24-3-360...
Section 24-3-350. Dry-cleaning facilities. - The State Department of Corrections may install dry-cleaning facilities at...
Section 24-3-360. Annual preparation of catalogues describing articles produced by convict labor. - The State Department of Corrections shall cause to be prepared,...
Section 24-3-370. Priority of product distribution. - The articles or products manufactured or produced by inmate labor...
Section 24-3-380. Prices of products. - The State Department of Corrections shall fix and determine the...
Section 24-3-390. Rules and regulations. - The State Department of Corrections shall have power and authority...
Section 24-3-400. Prison Industries Account. - All monies collected by the Department of Corrections from the...
Section 24-3-410. Sale of prison-made products on open market generally prohibited; penalties. - (A) It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale...
Section 24-3-420. Violations. - Any person who wilfully violates any of the provisions of...
Section 24-3-430. Inmate labor in private industry authorized; requirements and conditions. - (A) The Director of the Department of Corrections may establish...
Section 24-3-510. Death sentence and notice thereof. - Upon the conviction of any person in this State of...
Section 24-3-520. Transportation of inmate sentenced to death. - The facility manager who has custody of an inmate for...
Section 24-3-530. Death penalty; methods of execution. - (A) A person convicted of a capital crime and having...
Section 24-3-540. Death chamber; expenses incurred in transporting criminal to place of execution. - The Department of Corrections shall provide a death chamber and...
Section 24-3-550. Witnesses at execution. - (A) To carry out an execution properly, the executioner and...
Section 24-3-560. Certification of execution. - The executioner and the attending physician shall certify the fact...
Section 24-3-570. Disposition of body. - The body of the person executed must be delivered to...
Section 24-3-580. Disclosure of identity of execution team member prohibited; exception; civil cause of action; damages. - A person may not knowingly disclose the identity of a...
Section 24-3-590. Prohibition of denial of license to execution team member. - No licensing agency, board, commission, or association may file, attempt...
Section 24-3-710. Conduct in state prison system. - The director may investigate any misconduct occurring in the state...
Section 24-3-720. Enlisting aid of citizens to suppress prisoner riot, disorder or insurrection. - In order to suppress any disorders, riots, or insurrection among...
Section 24-3-730. Neglecting or refusing aid; fine. - If any person, when so required by the Director of...
Section 24-3-740. Compensation for assistance. - Any person so aiding and assisting the Director of the...
Section 24-3-750. Immunity. - If, in suppressing a disorder, riot, or insurrection, a person...
Section 24-3-760. Powers of keeper in regard to disorders in absence of Director. - In the absence of the Director of the Department of...
Section 24-3-910. Penitentiary employee aiding in escape; penalty. - It is unlawful for a person employed in keeping, taking...
Section 24-3-920. Rewards for capture of escaped inmates. - The Director of the Department of Corrections may award up...
Section 24-3-930. Guards, keepers and other employees exempt from jury, military or street duty. - All guards, keepers, officers, and other employees who are employed...
Section 24-3-940. Gambling prohibited. - Gambling is not permitted at a prison, farm, or camp...
Section 24-3-950. Contraband. - It shall be unlawful for any person to furnish or...
Section 24-3-951. Possession or use of United States currency by prisoners prohibited; exceptions; system of credits. - Effective July 1, 1995, notwithstanding Section 24-3-956 and any other...
Section 24-3-960. Moneys in unlawful possession of prisoners as contraband; use in welfare fund. - Monies or tokens or things of like nature used as...
Section 24-3-965. Certain offenses relating to contraband to be tried in magistrate's court. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 22-3-540, 22-3-545, 22-3-550, 24-3-950, and...
Section 24-3-970. Use of a social networking site by an inmate to contact a victim; penalty. - It is unlawful for an inmate, or a person acting...