Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:744 Primary Sponsor:Richter Committee Number:03 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Violent offenders prohibited for early release Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Corrections and Penology Computer Document Number:DKA/4488AL.93 Introduced Date:19930428 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19930428 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Richter Type of Legislation:General Bill
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744 Senate 19930428 Introduced, read first time, 03
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TO AMEND SECTIONS 24-13-210, 24-13-230, AND 24-21-635, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EARNED CREDITS FOR EARLY RELEASE FROM PRISON, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A PRISONER CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME FROM EARNING CREDITS FOR EARLY RELEASE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 24-13-210(d) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(d) Any A person who has served the term for which he has been sentenced less deductions allowed therefrom for good conduct, is considered upon release to have served the entire term for which he was sentenced. However, a person who is serving a sentence for a conviction for a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60 is not eligible for deductions under this section."
SECTION 2. Section 24-13-230(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(a) The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections may allow any a prisoner in the custody of the department, who is assigned to a productive duty assignment or who is regularly enrolled and actively participating in an academic, technical, or vocational training program, a reduction from the term of his sentence of zero to one day for every two days he is employed or enrolled. However, no inmate serving the sentence of life imprisonment or a sentence for a conviction for a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60 is entitled to credits under this provision. A maximum annual credit for both work credit and class credit is limited to one hundred eighty days. The amount of credit to be earned for each duty classification or enrollment must be determined by the commissioner and published by him in a conspicuous place available to inmates at each correctional institution. No credits earned under this section may be applied in a manner which would prevent full participation in the department's prerelease program."
SECTION 3. Section 24-21-635 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 24-21-635. For the purpose of determining the time required to be served by a prisoner before he shall be is eligible to be considered for parole, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all prisoners shall must be given benefit of earned work credits awarded pursuant to Section 24-13-230. This section does not apply to persons serving time for a conviction for a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.