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SC Code § 24-3-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 on the open market of this State articles or products manufactured or produced wholly or in part by inmates in this or another state.  (B) The provisions of this section do not apply to:  (1) articles manufactured or produced by persons on parole, probation, or community supervision;  (2) the production of cattle, hogs, cotton, Turkish tobacco, soybeans, and wheat;  (3) products sold by the Department of Corrections made by inmates in the hobbycraft program;  (4) articles or products sold to nonprofit corporations incorporated under the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 31 of Title 33, or to organizations operating in this State which have been granted an exemption under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;  (5) road and street designation signs sold to private developers;  (6) articles or products made in an adult work activity center established by the Department of Corrections through contracts with private sector businesses which provide work and vocational training opportunities for the physically handicapped, persons with intellectual disability, or aged inmates where the compensation is paid by the private sector business to the inmate on a piece completed basis;  (7) products sold intrastate or interstate produced by inmates of the Department of Corrections employed in a federally certified private sector/prison industries program if the inmate workers participate voluntarily, receive comparable wages, and the work does not displace employed workers. For purposes of this item, "products" does not include goods and Standard Industrial Classification Code 27. The Department of Labor shall develop guidelines to determine if the work displaces employed workers.  (C) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than three months nor more than one year, or both. Each sale or offer for sale is a separate offense under this section. Proceeds of the sale of agricultural products, when produced by an instrumentality under control of the State Department of Corrections, must be applied as provided in Section 24-1-250.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-349.1; 1960 (51) 1933; 1961 (52) 471; 1962 (52) 1961; 1963 (53) 506; 1967 (55) 280; 1978 Act No. 556; 1980 Act No. 418; 1981 Act No. 56 Section 2; 1982 Act No. 293, Section 2; 1991 Act No. 19, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 417; 1994 Act No. 364, Section 1; 1995 Act No. 83, Section 24.  Code Commissioner's Note  Pursuant to 2011 Act No. 47, Section 14(B), the Code Commissioner substituted "intellectual disability" for "mentally retarded" and "person with intellectual disability" or "persons with intellectual disability" for "mentally retarded".
SC Code § 24-3-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-420. Violations.

 Any person who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this article other than Section 24-3-410 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be confined not less than ten days nor more than one year, or fined not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-349.2; 1960 (51) 1933; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 23, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment substituted "is guilty" for "shall be guilty" and deleted "in jail" after "shall be confined".
SC Code § 24-3-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-430. Inmate labor in private industry authorized; requirements and conditions.

 (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.
SC Code § 24-3-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-510. Death sentence and notice thereof.

 Upon the conviction of any person in this State of a crime the punishment of which is death, the presiding judge shall sentence such convicted person to death according to the provisions of Section 24-3-530 and make such sentence in writing. Such sentence shall be filed with the papers in the case against such convicted person and a certified copy thereof shall be transmitted by the clerk of the court of general sessions in which such sentence is pronounced to the Director of the Department of Corrections not less than ten days prior to the time fixed in the sentence of the court for the execution of it.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-371; 1952 Code Section 55-371; 1942 Code Section 1988; 1932 Code Section 1988; Cr. C. '22 Section 972; 1912 (27) 702; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 418.
SC Code § 24-3-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-520. Transportation of inmate sentenced to death.

 The facility manager who has custody of an inmate for the county in which the inmate is sentenced shall transfer the inmate as soon as practical to the custody of the Department of Corrections at a place designated by its director, unless otherwise directed by the Governor or unless a stay of execution has been caused by appeal or the granting of a new trial or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-372; 1952 Code Section 55-372; 1942 Code Section 1988; 1932 Code Section 1988; Cr. C. '22 Section 972; 1912 (27) 702; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 419; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 24, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-530. Death penalty; methods of execution.

 (A) A person convicted of a capital crime and having imposed upon him the sentence of death shall suffer the penalty by electrocution or, at the election of the convicted person, by firing squad or lethal injection, if it is available at the time of election, under the direction of the Director of the Department of Corrections. The election for death by electrocution, firing squad, or lethal injection must be made in writing fourteen days before each execution date or it is waived. If the convicted person receives a stay of execution or the execution date has passed for any reason, then the election expires and must be renewed in writing fourteen days before a new execution date. If the convicted person waives the right of election, then the penalty must be administered by electrocution.  (B) Upon receipt of the notice of execution, the Director of the Department of Corrections shall determine and certify by affidavit under penalty of perjury to the Supreme Court whether the methods provided in subsection (A) are available.  (C) A person convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death by electrocution prior to the effective date of this section must be administered death by electrocution unless the person elects death by firing squad or lethal injection, if it is available, in writing fourteen days before the execution date.  (D) If execution by lethal injection under this section is determined and certified pursuant to subsection (B) to be unavailable by the Director of the Department of Corrections or is held to be unconstitutional by an appellate court of competent jurisdiction, then the manner of inflicting a death sentence must be by electrocution, unless the convicted person elects death by firing squad.  (E) The Department of Corrections must provide written notice to a convicted person of his right to election under this section and the available methods.  (F) The Department of Corrections shall establish protocols and procedures for carrying out executions pursuant to this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-373; 1952 Code Section 55-373; 1942 Code Section 1986; 1932 Code Section 1986; Cr. C. '22 Section 970; 1912 (27) 702; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 420; 1995 Act No. 83, Section 25; 1995 Act No. 108, Section 1; 2021 Act No. 43 (S.200), Section 1, eff May 14, 2021.  Editor's Note  2021 Act No. 43, Section 3, provides as follows:  "SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to persons sentenced to death as provided by law prior to and after the effective date of this act."  Effect of Amendment  2021 Act No. 43, Section 1, rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 all necessary appliances for inflicting this penalty and pay the costs thereof out of any funds in its hands. The expense of transporting an inmate to the state prison system must be borne by the county in which the offense was committed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-374; 1952 Code Section 55-374; 1942 Code Section 1987; 1932 Code Section 1987; Cr. C. '22 Section 971; 1912 (27) 702; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 421; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 25, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-550. Witnesses at execution.

 (A) To carry out an execution properly, the executioner and necessary staff must be present at the execution. In addition, the following persons may be present:  (1) three representatives, approved by the director, of the family of a victim of the crime for which a death penalty was imposed, provided that, if there is more than one victim, the director may reduce the number of family representatives to one representative for each victim's family; provided further, that, if there are more than two victims, the director may restrict the total number of victims' representatives present in accordance with the space limitations of the Capital Punishment Facility;  (2) the solicitor, or an assistant solicitor or former solicitor designated by the solicitor, for the county where the offense occurred;  (3) a group of not more than three representatives of the South Carolina media, one of whom must represent the dominant wire service, one of whom must represent the print media, and one of whom must represent the electronic news media;  (4) the chief law enforcement officer, or an officer designated by the chief, from the law enforcement agency that had original jurisdiction in the case; and  (5) the counsel for the inmate and a religious leader. However, the inmate may substitute one person from his immediate family for either his counsel or a religious leader, or two persons from his immediate family for both his counsel and a religious leader. For purposes of this item, "immediate family" means those persons eighteen years of age or older who are related to the inmate by blood, adoption, or marriage within the second degree of consanguinity.  (B) Other than those persons specified in subsection (A), no person is authorized to witness an execution.  (C) The department shall establish internal policies to govern the selection of media representatives.  (D) Witnesses authorized or approved pursuant to this section shall not possess telephonic equipment, cameras, or recording devices in the Capital Punishment Facility during an execution.  (E) For security purposes, the director may exclude any person who is authorized or approved pursuant to this section from the Capital Punishment Facility.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-375; 1952 Code Section 55-375; 1942 Code Section 1989; 1932 Code Section 1989; Cr. C. '22 Section 973; 1912 (27) 702; 1967 (55) 281; 1990 Act No. 477, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 422; 1997 Act No. 124, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 247, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 263, Section 12; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 26, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment in subsection (A)(5), substituted "inmate" for "convict" in three instances.
SC Code § 24-3-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-560. Certification of execution.

 The executioner and the attending physician shall certify the fact of such execution to the clerk of the court of general sessions in which the sentence was pronounced. The certificate shall be filed by the clerk with the papers in the case.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-376; 1952 Code Section 55-376; 1942 Code Section 1990; 1932 Code Section 1990; Cr. C. '22 Section 974; 1912 (27) 702; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 27, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 24-3-570 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-570. Disposition of body.

 The body of the person executed must be delivered to his relatives. If no claim is made by relatives for the body, it must be disposed of in the same manner as bodies of inmates who die in the state prison system. If the nearest relatives of a person executed desire that the body be transported to the person's former home, the expenses for this transportation must be paid by the state prison system.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-377; 1952 Code Section 55-377; 1942 Code Section 1991; 1932 Code Section 1991; Cr. C. '22 Section 975; 1912 (27) 702; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 28, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-580 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 current or former member of an execution team or disclose a record that would identify a person as being a current or former member of an execution team. However, this information may be disclosed only upon a court order under seal for the proper adjudication of pending litigation. Any person whose identity is disclosed in violation of this section shall have a civil cause of action against the person who is in violation of this section and may recover actual damages and, upon a showing of a wilful violation of this section, punitive damages.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 203, Section 1, eff June 7, 2010.
SC Code § 24-3-590 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-590. Prohibition of denial of license to execution team member.

 No licensing agency, board, commission, or association may file, attempt to file, initiate a proceeding, or take any action to revoke, suspend, or deny a license to any person solely because that person participated in the execution of a sentence of death on a person convicted of a capital crime as authorized by law or the director.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 203, Section 2, eff June 7, 2010.
SC Code § 24-3-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-710. Conduct in state prison system.

 The director may investigate any misconduct occurring in the state prison system, provide suitable punishment and execute it, and take all precautionary measures as in his judgment will make for the safe conduct and welfare of the institutions. The director may suppress any disorders, riots, or insurrections that may take place in the prison system and prescribe rules and promulgate regulations which in his judgment are reasonably necessary to avoid any occurrence. This same authority applies to the official in charge of a county, municipal, or regional jail, detention facility, or other local facility that houses individuals awaiting trial, serving sentence, or awaiting transfer to another facility, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-351; 1952 Code Section 55-351; 1942 Code Section 1962; 1939 (41) 107; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 423; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 29, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 24-3-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 the prisoners, the Director of the Department of Corrections may require the aid and assistance of any of the citizens of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-352; 1952 Code Section 55-352; 1942 Code Section 1972; 1932 Code Section 1965; Cr. C. '22 Section 949; Cr. C. '12 Section 953; Cr. C. '02 Section 667; G. S. 2716; R. S. 552; 1868 (14) 94; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 424; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 30, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 24-3-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-730. Neglecting or refusing aid; fine.

 If any person, when so required by the Director of the Department of Corrections, shall neglect or refuse to give such aid and assistance, he shall pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-353; 1952 Code Section 55-353; 1942 Code Section 1973; 1932 Code Section 1966; Cr. C. '22 Section 950; Cr. C. '12 Section 954; Cr. C. '02 Section 668; G. S. 2717; R. S. 553; 1868 (14) 94; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 425.
SC Code § 24-3-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-740. Compensation for assistance.

 Any person so aiding and assisting the Director of the Department of Corrections shall receive a reasonable compensation, to be paid by the department, and allowed him on the settlement of his account.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-354; 1952 Code Section 55-354; 1942 Code Section 1974; 1932 Code Section 1967; Cr. C. '22 Section 951; Cr. C. '12 Section 955; Cr. C. '02 Section 669; G. S. 2718; R. S. 554; 1868 (14) 94; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 426; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 31, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 24-3-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-750. Immunity.

 If, in suppressing a disorder, riot, or insurrection, a person who is acting, aiding, or assisting in committing the same is wounded or killed, the Director of the Department of Corrections, the keeper or a person aiding or assisting him must be held as justified and guiltless.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-355; 1952 Code Section 55-355; 1942 Code Section 1975; 1932 Code Section 1968; Cr. C. '22 Section 952; Cr. C. '12 Section 956; Cr. C. '02 Section 670; G. S. 2719; R. S. 555; 1868 (14) 94; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 427; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 32, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 24-3-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|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 Corrections, the keeper has the same power in suppressing disorders, riots, and insurrections and in requiring aid and assistance in so doing that is given to the director.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-356; 1952 Code Section 55-356; 1942 Code Section 1976; 1932 Code Section 1969; Cr. C. '22 Section 953; Cr. C. '12 Section 957; Cr. C. '02 Section 671; G. S. 2720; R. S. 556; 1868 (14) 94; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 428; 2010 Act No. 237, Section 33, eff June 11, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 24-3-910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 3 - State Prison System|Section 24-3-910. Penitentiary employee aiding in escape; penalty.

 It is unlawful for a person employed in keeping, taking care of, or guarding a correctional facility or its prisoners to contrive, procure, connive at, or otherwise voluntarily suffer or permit the escape of a prisoner.  A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 55-357; 1952 Code Section 55-357; 1942 Code Section 1977; 1932 Code Section 1975; Cr. C. '22 Section 959; Cr. C. '12 Section 963; Cr. C. '02 Section 676; G. S. 2725; R. S. 561; 1868 (14) 95; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 200.