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SC Code § 24-3-131 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-131. Supervision of inmates used on public projects.

 The Department of Corrections shall determine whether an agency permitted to utilize inmate labor on public projects pursuant to Section 24-3-130 can adequately supervise the inmates. If the director determines that the agency lacks the proper personnel, the agency shall be required to reimburse the department for the cost of maintaining correctional officers to supervise the inmates. In these cases the Department of Corrections shall be responsible for adequate supervision of the inmates.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 132 Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 400; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 11, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment, in the first sentence, substituted "inmate labor" for "convict labor", in the second sentence substituted "inmates" for "convicts", and in the third sentence, substituted "these" for "all".
SC Code § 24-3-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-140. Use of inmate labor on State House and Grounds.

 The Director of the Department of Corrections shall, when called upon by the keeper of the State House and Grounds, furnish such inmate labor as he may need to keep the State House and Grounds in good order.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-335; 1952 Code Section 55-335; 1942 Code Section 3207; 1932 Code Section 3207; Civ. C. '22 Section 904; Civ. C. '12 Section 825; 1909 (26) 284; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 401; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 12, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "inmate labor" for "convict labor".
SC Code § 24-3-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-160. Costs of maintaining inmates by State institutions.

 An institution of this State getting inmates from the state prison system by any act or joint resolution of the General Assembly is required to pay to the Director of the Department of Corrections all monies expended by him for transportation, guarding, clothing, and feeding the inmates while working for the institutions and also for medical attention, and the officer in charge of any such institution also shall execute and deliver to the director, at the end of each year, a receipt of five dollars and fifty cents each month for the work of each inmate so employed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-336; 1952 Code Section 55-336; 1942 Code Section 1980; 1932 Code Section 1978; Cr. C. '22 Section 962; Cr. C. '12 Section 974; 1908 (25) 1201; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 403; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 13, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "inmate" and "inmates" for "convicts" and "convicts", substituted "Prison system" for "Penitentiary", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 24-3-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-170. Payments by Clemson University for use of inmates.

 Clemson University shall pay to the Department of Corrections a fee for all inmates used by the college at the rate of six dollars each month and shall pay the cost of clothing, feeding, and guarding the inmates while used and also the transportation of the inmates and employees back and forth from the prison to the university.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-337; 1952 Code Section 55-337; 1942 Code Section 1980; 1932 Code Section 1978; Cr. C. '22 Section 962; Cr. C. '12 Section 974; 1908 (25) 1201; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 404; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 14, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-180. Transportation and clothes for discharged inmates.

 Whenever an inmate is discharged from a state prison, the Department of Corrections shall furnish the inmate with a suit of common clothes, if necessary, and transportation from the prison to his home or as near to it as can be done by public conveyances. The cost of transportation and clothes must be paid by the State Treasurer, on the draft of the department, countersigned by the Comptroller General.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-338; 1952 Code Section 55-338; 1942 Code Section 1978; 1932 Code Section 1976; Cr. C. '22 Section 960; Cr. C. '12 Section 964; Cr. C. '02 Section 678; G. S. 2727; R. S. 563; 1868 (14) 69; 1939 (41) 107; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 405; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 15, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-190. Appropriation of balances for Department of Corrections.

 The balance in the hands of the Department of Corrections at the close of any year, together with all other amounts received or to be received from the hire of inmates or from any other source during the current fiscal year, are appropriated for the support of the department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-339; 1952 Code Section 55-339; 1942 Code Section 3207; 1932 Code Section 3207; Civ. C. '22 Section 904; Civ. C. '12 Section 825; 1909 (26) 284; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 406; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 16, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment deleted "State" before "Department of Corrections", and substituted "inmates" for "convicts" and "department" for "penitentiary".
SC Code § 24-3-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-210. Furloughs for qualified inmates of State prison system.

 (A) The director may extend the limits of the place of confinement of a prisoner, where there is reasonable cause to believe he will honor his trust, by authorizing him, under prescribed conditions, to leave the confines of that place unaccompanied by a custodial agent for a prescribed period of time to:  (1) contact prospective employers;  (2) secure a suitable residence for use when released on parole or upon discharge;  (3) obtain medical services not otherwise available;  (4) participate in a training program in the community or any other compelling reason consistent with the public interest;  (5) visit a spouse, child (including stepchild, adopted child, or child as to whom the prisoner, though not a natural parent, has acted in the place of a parent), parent (including a person, though not a natural parent, who has acted in the place of a parent), brother, or sister.  (B) The director may extend the limits of the place of confinement of a terminally ill inmate for an indefinite length of time when there is reasonable cause to believe that the inmate will honor his trust.  (C) The wilful failure of a prisoner to remain within the extended limits of his confinement or return within the time prescribed to the places of confinement designated by the director is considered an escape from the custody of the director punishable as provided in Section 24-13-410.  (D) The director may not extend the benefits of this section to a person convicted of a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60 unless all of the following persons recommend in writing that the offender be allowed to participate in the furlough program in the community where the offense was committed:  (1) in those cases where, as applicable, the victim of the crime for which the offender is charged, or the relatives of the victim who have applied for notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, Chapter 3, Title 16 if the victim has died;  (2) the law enforcement agency which employed the arresting officer of the offender; and  (3) the solicitor in whose circuit the offender was convicted.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-303.1; 1967 (55) 290; 1980 Act No. 414; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 408; 1994 Act No. 477, Section 1; 2017 Act No. 49 (S.271), Section 2, eff May 19, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 49, Section 2, in (A)(5), deleted "or attend the funeral of" following "visit".
SC Code § 24-3-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 parent substitute identified on an inmate's visitation list, sibling, spouse, child, grandparent, or grandchild of an inmate becomes seriously ill to the point of imminent death, or dies, and when the department has determined that there is no security risk to the public or institution, an inmate must be offered the choice either to attend the person's viewing or funeral service or, prior to the person's death, to visit the person in the hospital. The location of the viewing, funeral, or hospital visit must be in South Carolina.  (B) The department must verify the person's relationship to the inmate and the person's illness or death.  (C) The department shall provide the necessary security and transportation for the inmate. The department also may engage the services of the sheriff or any other certified law enforcement officer in order to provide the necessary security and transportation for the inmate. The department, sheriff, or other certified law enforcement officer that provides security and transportation for the inmate may collect the actual cost for security and transportation. The charge may not exceed the actual expense incurred by the department, sheriff, or other law enforcement agency. The charge must be collected in advance from a third party on behalf of the inmate or, if no third party pays, through a deduction from the inmate's trust account.  (D) When applicable, the department shall notify the victim of the crime of which the inmate was convicted, or adjudicated guilty of committing, and notify the relatives of the victim who have applied for notification, as provided in Section 16-3-1530.  HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 49 (S.271), Section 1, eff May 19, 2017.
SC Code § 24-3-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-310. Declaration of intent.

 Since the means now provided for the employment of prison labor is inadequate to furnish a sufficient number of inmates with employment, it is the intent of this article to:  (1) further provide more adequate, regular, and suitable employment for the inmates of this State, consistent with proper penal purposes;  (2) further utilize the labor of inmates for self-maintenance and for reimbursing this State for expenses incurred by reason of their crimes and imprisonment;  (3) effect the requisitioning and disbursement of prison products directly through established state authorities with no possibility of private profits; and  (4) provide prison industry projects designed to place inmates in a realistic working and training environment in which they are able to acquire marketable skills and to make financial payments for restitution to their victims, for support of their families, and for the support of themselves in the institution.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-341; 1960 (51) 1933; 1987 Act No. 177, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 17, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment, in the first sentence, substituted "prison labor" for "convict labor", substituted "inmates" for "convicts" throughout, and in item (3) deleted "therefrom" after "private profits".
SC Code § 24-3-315 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-315. Determinations prerequisite to selecting prison industry project.

 The Department of Corrections shall ensure that inmates participating in any prison industry program pursuant to the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 is on a voluntary basis. The director must determine prior to using inmate labor in a prison industry project that it will not displace employed workers, that the locality does not have a surplus of available labor for the skills, crafts, or trades that would utilize inmate labor, and that the rates of pay and other conditions of employment are not less than those paid and provided for work of similar nature in the locality in which the work is performed.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 177 Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 409.
SC Code § 24-3-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 by law, equipment, raw materials, and supplies and engage the supervisory personnel necessary to establish and maintain for this State at any penal farm or institution now, or hereafter, under control of the department, industries for the utilization of services of inmates in the manufacture or production of such articles or products as may be needed for the construction, operation, maintenance, or use of any office, department, institution, or agency supported in whole or in part by this State and its political subdivisions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-342; 1960 (51) 1933; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 410; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 18, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment deleted "State" before "Department of Corrections", deleted "the penitentiary or" before "", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 24-3-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 supported in whole or in part by this State shall purchase, and all political subdivisions of this State may purchase, from the Department of Corrections, articles or products made or produced by inmate labor in this State or another state as provided for by this article. These articles and products must not be purchased by an office, a department, an institution, or an agency from another source, unless excepted from the provisions of this section, as provided by law. All purchases must be made from the Department of Corrections, upon requisition by the proper authority of the office, department, institution, agency, or political subdivision of this State requiring the articles or products.  (B) The Materials Management Office of the Division of General Services shall monitor the cooperation of state offices, departments, institutions, and agencies in the procurement of goods, products, and services from the Division of Prison Industries of the Department of Corrections.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-343; 1960 (51) 1933; 1981 Act No. 56 Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 411; 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 55; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 19, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment in the first sentence of subsection (A), substituted "inmate labor" for "convict labor".
SC Code § 24-3-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 to 24-3-420, no office, department, institution, or agency of this State, which is supported in whole or in part by this State, shall be required to purchase any article or product from the Department of Corrections unless the purchase price of such article or product is no higher than that obtainable from any other producer or supplier.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-344.01; 1962 (52) 1741; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 412; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 20, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 24-3-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-350. Dry-cleaning facilities.

 The State Department of Corrections may install dry-cleaning facilities at any institution under its supervision; provided, however, that these facilities shall be used only for cleaning State-owned uniforms of security personnel employed by the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-344.1; 1968 (55) 3086.
SC Code § 24-3-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-360. Annual preparation of catalogues describing articles produced by convict labor.

 The State Department of Corrections shall cause to be prepared, annually, at times it may determine, catalogues containing the description of all articles and products manufactured or produced under its supervision pursuant to the provisions of this article. Copies of this catalogue must be sent by it to all offices, departments, institutions, and agencies of this State and made accessible to all political subdivisions of this State referred to in Sections 24-3-310 to 24-3-330. At least thirty days before the beginning of each fiscal year, the proper official of each office, department, institution, or agency, when required by the Department of Corrections, shall report to the department estimates for fiscal year of the kind and amount of articles and products reasonably required for the ensuing year, referring in the estimates to the catalogue issued by the department insofar as articles and products indicated are included in this catalogue. However, nothing in this chapter prohibits a state office, department, institution, or agency or the political subdivisions of this State from contacting and requesting the Department of Corrections to manufacture or produce articles or products similar, but not identical, to articles or products listed in the catalogue.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-345; 1960 (51) 1933; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 413; 1995 Act No. 7, Part II, Section 56.
SC Code § 24-3-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-370. Priority of product distribution.

 The articles or products manufactured or produced by inmate labor in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be devoted, first, to fulfilling the requirements of the offices, departments, institutions, and agencies of this State which are supported in whole or in part by this State; and, secondly, to supplying the political subdivisions of this State with such articles or products.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-346; 1960 (51) 1933; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 21, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "inmate labor" for "convict labor".
SC Code § 24-3-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-380. Prices of products.

 The State Department of Corrections shall fix and determine the prices at which all articles or products manufactured or produced shall be furnished, which prices shall be uniform and nondiscriminating to all and shall be as near as the usual market price for such as may be practicable.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-347; 1960 (51) 1933; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 414.
SC Code § 24-3-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-390. Rules and regulations.

 The State Department of Corrections shall have power and authority to prepare and promulgate rules and regulations which are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this article with respect to matters of administration and procedure respecting it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-348; 1960 (51) 1933; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 415.
SC Code § 24-3-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-400. Prison Industries Account.

 All monies collected by the Department of Corrections from the sale or disposition of articles and products manufactured or produced by inmate labor, in accordance with the provisions of this article, must be forthwith deposited with the State Treasurer to be kept and maintained as a special revolving account designated "Prison Industries Account", and the monies so collected and deposited must be used solely for the purchase of manufacturing supplies, equipment, machinery, and buildings used to carry out the purposes of this article, as well as for the payment of the necessary personnel in charge, and to otherwise defray the necessary expenses incident thereto and to discharge any existing obligation to the Sinking Funds and Property Division of the Department of Administration, all of which must be under the direction and subject to the approval of the Director of the Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections shall contribute an amount of not less than five percent nor more than twenty percent of the gross wages paid to inmate workers participating in any prison industry project established pursuant to the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-473) and promptly place these funds on deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to a special account to support victim assistance programs established pursuant to the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-473, Title 2, Chapter 14, Section 1404). The Prison Industries Account must never be maintained in excess of the amount necessary to efficiently and properly carry out the intentions of this article. When, in the opinion of the Director of the Department of Corrections, the Prison Industries Account has reached a sum in excess of the requirements of this article, the excess must be used by the Department of Corrections for operating expenses and permanent improvements to the state prison system, subject to the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, or the Department of Administration, as applicable.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-349; 1960 (51) 1933; 1961 (52) 539; 1969 (56) 444; 1987 Act No. 177 Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 416; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 22, eff June 11, 2010.  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 2010 amendment, in the first sentence, substituted "inmate labor" for "convict labor" and twice deleted "State" before "Department of Corrections".