H 4401 General Bill, By Wilkins, H. Brown and Harrison
Similar (H 3096, H 3166, H 3238)
    A Bill to amend Section 24-13-20, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to confinement of prisoners, and work release program eligibility, so as to substitute certain classified felonies and exempt offenses for the term "no parole offense"; to amend Section 24-13-125, as amended, relating to conditions a prisoner must meet to become eligible for work release, so as to substitute certain felonies and exempt offenses for the term "no parole offenses" and to provide that this provision does not apply to certain local correctional facilities; to amend Section 24-13-150, as amended, relating to conditions a prisoner must meet to become eligible for early release, discharge, or community supervision, so as to substitute certain felonies and exempt offenses for the term "no parole offense", and to provide that this provision does not apply to certain local correctional facilities; to amend Section 24-13-210, as amended, relating to eligibility for and forfeiture of good conduct credits, so as to limit the amount of time any prisoner can earn off his sentence for good behavior to three days a month, and to eliminate the term "no parole offense"; to amend Section 24-13-230, as amended, relating to eligibility for education credits, so as to limit the amount of time any prisoner can earn off his sentence for participating in an education program to six days a month, and to eliminate the term "no parole offense"; to amend Section 24-13-610, as amended, relating to extended work release programs, so as to substitute certain classified felonies and exempt offenses for the term "no parole offense"; to amend Section 24-13-650, as amended, relating to the prohibition against the release of an offender into the community in which he committed the crime, so as to substitute certain classified felonies and exempt offenses for the term "no parole offense"; to amend Sections 24-13-710 and 24-13-720, both as amended, relating to the supervised furlough program, so as to substitute certain classified felonies and exempt offenses for the term "no parole offense"; to amend Section 24-13-1310, as amended, relating to the shock incarceration program, so as to substitute certain classified felonies and exempt offenses for the term "no parole offense"; to amend Section 24-21-30, as amended, relating to parole, so as to eliminate parole for any crimes; to amend Section 24-21-560, as amended, relating to prisoners who must complete a community supervision program operated by the Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services before their release from the criminal justice system, so as to provide that a person sentenced to a term of imprisonment of twenty years or more must complete not more than two years of community supervision as a part of his sentence, and to eliminate the term "no parole offense"; and to provide that all proceedings pending at the time this Act takes effect are saved and that the provisions of this Act apply prospectively.
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01/09/96	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-78
01/09/96	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-80