S 1249 General Bill, By M.T. Rose
    A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 24-21-710 so as to require the Director of the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to develop written policies and procedures for parole hearings to be held by video camera and to promulgate certain regulations, allow the victim of the crime for which a prisoner has been sentenced to submit on film, video tape, or other electronic means or in the form of a recording or testimony at the prisoner's parole hearing information for consideration by the Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, allow the same procedure for the prosecuting solicitor, require the Board to consider, in making its determination regarding parole for a prisoner, material on film, video tape, or other electronic means or in the form of a recording or testimony submitted by the prosecuting solicitor or the victim or both, and provide for related matters and details concerning such film, video tape, other electronic instrument, or recording allowed by this Section; to require the Department of Corrections to install and use a closed circuit television system in each correctional institution of the Department that has persons eligible for parole, and require the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to install and use the same system at the principal office of the Department, for the purpose of the conduct of parole hearings by means of a two-way closed circuit television system, and require that parole hearings be conducted by means of such system.
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03/10/94	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-2
03/10/94	Senate	Referred to Committee on Corrections and Penology SJ-2