Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:94 Primary Sponsor:McConnell Committee Number:03 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Violent offenders, ineligible for furloughs Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Corrections and Penology Computer Document Number:DKA/4039AL.93 Introduced Date:19930112 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19930112 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:McConnell Rose Type of Legislation:General Bill
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94 Senate 19930112 Introduced, read first time, 03
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-210, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FURLOUGHS FOR QUALIFIED INMATES OF THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSIONER MAY NOT EXTEND THE BENEFITS OF THIS SECTION TO ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME AS DEFINED IN SECTION 16-1-60.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 24-3-210 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 24-3-210. The commissioner may extend the limits of the place of confinement of a prisoner, as to whom when 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 or attend the funeral of 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.
The commissioner may also similarly 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 such the inmate will honor his trust.
The wilful failure of a prisoner to remain within the extended limits of his confinement or return within the time prescribed to the places place of confinement designated by the commissioner shall be deemed is considered an escape from the custody of the commissioner punishable as provided in Section 24-13-410.
The commissioner may not extend the benefits of this section to a person convicted of a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.