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SC Code § 24-1-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 1 - Department Of Corrections|Section 24-1-250. Sale of timber and horticultural products; utilization of funds.

 (A) The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to sell mature trees and other timber suitable for commercial purposes from lands owned by the department. Prior to such sales, the director shall consult with the State Forester to determine the economic and environmental feasibility of and obtain approval for such sales. Funds derived from timber sales shall be utilized by the Department of Corrections to maintain and expand the agricultural program subject to the approval of the Department of Administration or at the discretion of the director, for projects or services benefiting the general welfare of the inmate population.  (B) The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to sell horticultural products suitable for commercial purposes that are grown or produced through the department's horticulture program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the proceeds from the sale of horticultural products by the Department of Corrections shall be retained by the agency to fund services benefiting the general welfare of all inmates.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-340; 1969 (56) 100; 1981 Act No. 148, Section 8; 1982 Act No. 293, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 388; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 14.C, eff July 1, 2009.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment designated subsection (A) and added subsection (B) relating to horticultural products; and, in subsection (A), deleted the second sentence which limited sales to fifty thousand dollars in any one year, in the second sentence added "and environmental", and added the clause at the end of the third sentence following "Budget and Control Board".
SC Code § 24-1-252 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 1 - Department Of Corrections|Section 24-1-252. Retention and use of proceeds from sale of surplus products produced by farm program.

 Notwithstanding another provision of law, the Department of Corrections shall retain proceeds from the sale of surplus products produced by its farm program. These funds may be used to:  (1) offset the operating costs of the farm program;  (2) expand and modernize the farm program; and  (3) support a project or service to benefit the general welfare of the prison population.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 14A, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 24-1-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 1 - Department Of Corrections|Section 24-1-260. Use of fees collected in clinical pastoral training program.

 The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to retain all fees collected in connection with the clinical pastoral training program conducted by the department for use in the continued operation of that program.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-313; 1971 (57) 190; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 389.
SC Code § 24-1-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 1 - Department Of Corrections|Section 24-1-270. Trespass or loitering on or refusal to leave State correctional properties prohibited.

 (A) As used in this section, the term 'state correctional properties' includes all property under the control of the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, or his agents, for the confinement of inmates or other uses pursuant to the director's responsibilities.  (B) It is unlawful for a person to:  (1) trespass or loiter on state correctional properties after notice to leave is given by the director or his authorized agents or, after lawful entry, refuse to leave the premises after notice is given; or  (2) incite, solicit, urge, encourage, exhort, instigate, or procure a person to violate the provisions of item (1) of this subsection.  (C) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (D) The provisions of this section must not be construed to bar prosecution of other offenses committed on state correctional property.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-12.1; 1972 (57) 2515; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 390; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 60.
SC Code § 24-1-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 1 - Department Of Corrections|Section 24-1-280. Employees of Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, or Department of Mental Health as peace officers.

 An employee of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, or the Department of Mental Health whose assigned work location is one of the correctional facilities of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, while performing his officially assigned duty relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of an inmate within the jurisdiction of his department, or an inmate of any jail, penitentiary, prison, public work, chain gang, or overnight lockup of the State or any political subdivision of it not within the jurisdiction of his department, has the status of a peace officer anywhere in the State in any matter relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of the inmate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-359; 1963 (53) 505; 1974 (58) 2175; 1999 Act No. 72, Section 2003 Act No. 12, Section 3.
SC Code § 24-1-285 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 1 - Department Of Corrections|Section 24-1-285. Organ and tissue donation program.

 (A) An organ and tissue donor program is established within the Department of Corrections. The purpose of the program is to educate prisoners about the need for organ and tissue donors, the procedures required to become a registered organ donor, and, in the case of bone marrow donors, the procedures for determining the person's tissue type and the medical procedures a donor must undergo to donate bone marrow. The Medical University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, in conjunction with the Department of Corrections, must make available to prisoners educational pamphlets and brochures concerning bone marrow donation and the bone marrow donation programs operating in this State.  (B) Organ or tissue donations, other than bone marrow donations, may be made by a prisoner, or other person, who meets the requirements contained in Section 44-43-315 and in the manner provided by Section 44-43-320. However, if the department determines that a prisoner's participation in the program would constitute a threat to security, then the department may prohibit the prisoner from participating.  (C) The department is not responsible for any costs associated with tests or other procedures required to make an organ or tissue donation, including costs associated with follow-up doctor appointments or complications arising from donation.  (D) Within its prisoner housing units, the department must display signage informing prisoners of the donor program and, upon request, must provide prisoners with a form, sufficient under the provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, for the gift of all or part of the donor's body conditioned upon the donor's death and a document containing a summary description and explanation of the act. If the prisoner would like to make an organ or tissue donation, the department must provide the prisoner with appropriate assistance and the presence of the legally required number of witnesses. A prisoner's election to donate all or any part of his body pursuant to this section must be noted in his prison records.  (E) The department, in conjunction with appropriate medical authorities, must develop and maintain policies and procedures to:  (1) facilitate participation by interested prisoners in the bone marrow donor programs established in Article 2, Chapter 43, Title 44; and  (2) ensure that organ and tissue donations made by prisoners, other than bone marrow donations, comply with Articles 5, 7, and 11, Chapter 43 of Title 44.  (F) All organ or tissue donations, including bone marrow donations, made pursuant to this section must be made on a voluntary basis.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 41, Section 1, eff June 4, 2007.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the references in the first sentence of subsection (B) were changed from "44-43-330" and "44-43-350" to "44-43-315" and "44-43-320", respectively, to reflect amendments by 2009 Act No. 4.
SC Code § 24-1-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 1 - Department Of Corrections|Section 24-1-310. Designation of detention and correctional facilities as fixed-state facilities.

 The Department of Corrections shall petition the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to designate any local detention facility, or state or federal correctional facility in the State as a fixed-site facility within ninety days of the effective date of this section, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016, Public Law No. 114-190. The department shall follow all guidance from the FAA in submitting and processing the petition. The South Carolina Aeronautics Commission shall publish designations by the FAA in accordance with this act on the commission's website.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 184 (S.176), Section 3, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 24-1-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 1 - Department Of Corrections|Section 24-1-320. List of designated sites and unmanned aerial vehicle boundaries.

 To promote harmonization and air safety, the Department of Corrections and local detention facilities shall provide the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission a list of designated sites or facilities, and shall provide the commission with the unmanned aerial vehicle boundary in electronic format (ARGIS or AutoCAD) necessary to display the information within the Geographical Information Systems formats utilized by the commission within thirty days of the effective date of this section, and the commission shall publish the designated sites or facilities' information on the commission's website.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 184 (S.176), Section 4, eff May 17, 2018.
SC Code § 24-3-27 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 in establishing local regional correctional facilities for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or sentence on criminal charges, convicted and sentenced on criminal charges, or not otherwise eligible for confinement in state or other facilities. For this purpose, the governing bodies may:  (1) acquire, hold, construct, finance, improve, maintain, operate, own or lease, in the capacity of lessor or lessee, a local regional correctional facility for the purpose of incarcerating their own inmates, inmates of other counties or municipalities, or inmates from the Department of Corrections;  (2) form cooperative agreements for the management, supervision, and control of a local regional correctional facility, its property, assets, funds, employees, and prisoners, and other resources and liabilities as appropriate.  (B) Every sentenced person committed to a local regional correctional facility constructed or operated pursuant to this section, unless disqualified by sickness or otherwise, must be kept at some useful employment suited to his age and capacity and which may tend to promote the best interest of the citizens of this State. In all cases, the decision to assign work, or disqualify a person from work, or both, is the sole discretion of the official in charge of the facility, and in all cases, no person has a basis to challenge this decision.  (C) Notwithstanding another provision of law, an inmate confined in a regional correctional facility may be served a warrant by a law enforcement officer of a county which participates in the funding of the facility without it being countersigned by the officials of the county where the regional correctional facility is located.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 42; 2004 Act No. 186, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 2, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment in subsection (B) added the last sentence relating to the discretion of the official in charge.
SC Code § 24-3-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 extended limits of his confinement as authorized by Section 24-3-20(b), or to return within the time prescribed to the designated place of confinement, including a local facility, is an escape and is punishable as provided in Section 24-13-410.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-321.3; 1966 (54) 2180; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 5, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment inserted "including a local facility,", substituted "is an escape" for "shall be deemed an escape", deleted "from the custody of the Department of Corrections" following "an escape", and inserted "is" before "punishable".
SC Code § 24-3-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 court of general session, in their respective counties, immediately shall notify the Department of Corrections of the number of prisoners sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the state prison system. The department, as soon as it receives such notice, shall send a suitable number of employees to transfer the prisoners to the state prison system.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-322; 1952 Code Section 55-322; 1942 Code Section 1983; 1932 Code Section 1983; Cr. C. '22 Section 967; Cr. C. '12 Section 986; Cr. C. '02 Section 698; G. S. 579; 1886 (19) 486; 1939 (41) 107; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 394; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 6, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-70. Allowable expenses incurred in transportation of prisoners; method of payment.

 No sum beyond the actual expenses incurred in transferring prisoners to the Department of Corrections must be allowed for these services. This sum must be paid to the department by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of the Comptroller General.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-323; 1952 Code Section 55-323; 1942 Code Section 1984; 1932 Code Section 1984; Cr. C. '22 Section 968; Cr. C. '12 Section 987; Cr. C. '02 Section 699; R. S. 577; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 395; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 7, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-80. Detention of prisoner when authorized by Governor.

 The director of the prison system shall admit and detain in the Department of Corrections for safekeeping any prisoner tendered by any law enforcement officer in this State by commitment duly authorized by the Governor, provided, a warrant in due form for the arrest of the person so committed shall be issued within forty-eight hours after such commitment and detention. No person so committed and detained shall have a right or cause of action against the State or any of its officers or servants by reason of having been committed and detained in the state prison system.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-325; 1952 Code Section 55-325; 1942 Code Section 1969; 1932 Code Section 1961; Cr. C. '22 Section 943; Cr. C. '12 Section 947; Cr. C. '02 Section 661; G. S. 2710; R. S. 546; 1868 (14) 92; 1935 (39) 476; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 396; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 8, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment in the second sentence, substituted "state prison system" for "penitentiary".
SC Code § 24-3-81 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-81. Conjugal visits not permitted.

 A prisoner who is incarcerated within the state prison system or who is being detained in a local jail, local detention facility, local correctional facility, or local prison camp, whether awaiting a trial or serving a sentence, is not permitted to have conjugal visits.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part I, Section 36; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 9, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-85 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - 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 in the Department of Corrections for safekeeping a person transferred to his custody pursuant to an interagency agreement authorized pursuant to Chapter 48 of Title 44.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 321, Section 4.
SC Code § 24-3-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-90. Prisoners sentenced by United States authorities.

 The director shall receive and safely keep at hard labor, in the prison, all prisoners sentenced to confinement, at hard labor herein, by the authority of the United States, until they shall be discharged agreeably to the laws of the United States.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-326; 1952 Code Section 55-326; 1942 Code Section 1970; 1932 Code Section 1970; Cr. C. '22 Section 954; Cr. C. '12 Section 958; Cr. C. '02 Section 672; G. S. 2721; R. S. 557; 1868 (14) 94; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 397.
SC Code § 24-3-93 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-93. Wearing of jewelry.

 No prisoner within the state prison system shall be allowed to wear any jewelry of any description with the exception of watches not exceeding a value of $35.00 and wedding bands. For the purposes of this section jewelry shall include, but is not limited to, rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, anklets, nose rings, and any other ornamentation determined by the department to constitute jewelry.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 7, Part I, Section 34.
SC Code § 24-3-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-110. Manufacture of license plates and road signs.

 The State Department of Corrections may purchase the machinery and establish a plant for the purpose of manufacturing motor vehicle license plates and metal road signs. The charge for license plates and metal road signs sold to the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Transportation shall be in line with the prices previously paid private manufacturers and all state motor vehicle license plates, metal road signs, and other signs capable of being manufactured by such a plant shall be purchased through the Department of Corrections and manufactured by it. The Department of Motor Vehicles may prescribe the specifications of plates and the Department of Transportation may prescribe the specifications of signs used, the specifications to include colors, quality, and quantity.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-332; 1952 Code Section 55-332; 1951 (47) 457; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 398; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 51.
SC Code § 24-3-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 inmate labor on state highway projects or other public projects that may be practical and consistent with safeguarding of the inmates employed on the projects and the public. The Department of Transportation, another state agency, or a county, municipality, or public service district making a beneficial public improvement may apply to the department for the use of inmate labor on the highway project or other public improvement or development project. If the director determines that the labor may be performed with safety and the project is beneficial to the public, he may assign inmates to labor on the highway project or other public purpose project. The inmate labor force must be supervised and controlled by officers designated by the department but the direction of the work performed on the highway or other public improvement project must be under the control and supervision of the person designated by the agency, county, municipality, or public service district responsible for the work. No person convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the first, second, or third degree or a person who commits a violent crime while on a work release program may be assigned to perform labor on a project described by this section.  (B) The authorities involved may enter into contracts to implement the provisions of this section.  (C) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, inmates constructing work camps on county property must be supervised and controlled by armed officers and must be drawn exclusively from minimum security facilities. A work camp constructed or operated by the Department of Corrections must house only offenders classified as nonviolent. The contracting officials for the county utilizing prison inmate labor must be provided by the Department of Corrections with the most recent information concerning the composition of all work crews including the respective offenses for which the inmates have been sentenced and their custody levels.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-334; 1952 Code Section 55-334; 1942 Code Section 1964; 1933 (38) 527; 1960 (51) 1917; 1990 Act No. 569, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 399; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 10, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment in subsection (A), in the first sentence deleted "prison" before "inmate labor", and made other nonsubstantive changes in subsection (A).