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South Carolina’s Law Enforcement Training Council (LETC) certifies local detention officers, Department of Corrections officers, and Department of Juvenile Justice officers in their own certificate classes, through the Criminal Justice Academy that certifies police. The Department of Corrections inspects every jail and prison. Since 2023, statewide agency standards on force and the duty to intervene have taken effect, repeat cellphone possession by inmates became a felony, fingerprint checks for certification were formalized, and corrections officers may keep their home address and cell number off public government websites.

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Certifying body
South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council, with the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy; covered on the South Carolina Officer Ledger page. Corrections staff are certified in their own classes: Class 2-LCO (local detention officers), Class 2-SCO (Department of Corrections officers), Class 2-JCO (Department of Juvenile Justice officers), Class 1-LECO for officers who do both law enforcement and jail duty, and Class III SLECO for special (limited-arrest) officers who also do jail duty in a sheriff-run detention center (S.C. Code 23-23-60; S.C. Code Regs. 37-005). Department of Corrections officers “may be trained by the academy” (23-23-20). The Council includes the Directors of Corrections and of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services and a county detention director (23-23-30).
Statute
S.C. Code Title 23, Chapter 23 (Training Council and Criminal Justice Academy: certification, standards, misconduct); Title 24, Chapter 9 (Jail and Prison Inspection Division); Title 24, Chapter 13 (prisoners, including 24-13-35 on restraint of pregnant inmates); Title 24, Chapter 21 (Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services). Rules: S.C. Code Regs. ch. 37.
Minimum standards
Candidates must meet the 23-23-60(B) requirements, including a fingerprint record from the FBI and SLED showing no felony convictions, a favorable local credit check, and a signed attestation committing to ethical policing, including the duty to safeguard life and the duty to intervene. The minimum age is 21, except that detention and correctional officer candidates, other than Department of Juvenile Justice officers, must be at least 18. Candidates for state or local correctional officer may hold a valid driver’s license issued by any U.S. jurisdiction. Since 2025 the statute formally requires SLED and FBI fingerprint-supported records checks, with retained prints used to notify the Academy of later charges (23-23-60(E)); the no-felony fingerprint record was already required by (B)(5)(d).
Basic training
Class 2-LCO and Class 2-SCO candidates must complete a training program approved by the Council (S.C. Code Regs. 37-005(B)). No basic course hour figure appears in the statute or regulation.
In-service training
Class 2-LCO: a standard course of in-service hours each year set by the Jail Standards Committee and approved by the Academy. Class 2-SCO and 2-JCO: an Academy-approved agency in-service program every 3 years, with at least one legal update course each year. Class 1-LECO: the jail in-service standard plus annual legal update and domestic violence courses (S.C. Code Regs. ch. 37, recertification requirements). Class 2-LCO officers must also complete continuing education hours in mental health or addictive disorders in each 3-year period (23-23-55). For the 2026 autism requirement, see the entry below.
Decertification
Same misconduct process as for other certified officers (Officer Ledger). Misconduct includes repeated excessive force against the public or prisoners, physical or psychological abuse of the public or prisoners, and wilful failure to intervene in or report another officer’s abuse, as well as felony and moral turpitude convictions, unlawful drug use, and false statements or records (23-23-150(A)(3)). After a contested case hearing, the Council may deny or revoke certification permanently or for a set period, certify with probation or conditions, or issue a public reprimand (S.C. Code Regs. 37-024 to 37-027, 37-101 to 37-108). No statute requiring a public decertification list was found.
Jail standards
Department of Corrections, Jail and Prison Inspection Division. With the State Fire Marshal, it must inspect at least once a year every facility housing prisoners or pretrial detainees run by or for a state agency, county, or municipality, covering all phases of operation, fire safety, and health and sanitation; the Department of Agriculture inspects food service. Local jails are judged against minimum standards set by the South Carolina Association of Counties and adopted by the Department. If corrective action is not started within 90 days, the Director may order the facility or part of it closed (S.C. Code 24-9-10, 24-9-20, 24-9-30). Deaths in custody must be reported to the coroner immediately and to the Division within 72 hours (24-9-35).
Probation and parole officers
Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services agents must pass psychological and qualifying examinations set by the Director, and the Director must ensure each agent receives adequate training; no one may take the agent’s oath or exercise an agent’s authority until the initial employment requirements are met (S.C. Code 24-21-230(A)). Agents must use evidence-based practices and may issue arrest warrants or citations for violations (24-21-280).
Restrictive housing
No general statutory limit on solitary confinement or restrictive housing was found in Title 24, Chapters 1, 3, 9, 13, and 21, or in the 2023 to 2026 act lists. One limit applies to pregnant and postpartum inmates: prisons, local detention facilities, and prison or work camps “must not place a known pregnant inmate, or any female inmate who has given birth within the previous thirty days, in restrictive housing” unless there is a reasonable belief she will harm herself, the fetus, or another person or is a substantial flight risk. The limit does not apply if she asks for protective custody (S.C. Code 24-13-35(J)).
Corrections use of force
Pregnant inmates in state prisons, local detention facilities, and work camps may not be restrained with leg, waist, or ankle restraints; wrist restraints only in front during escort or transport. No restraints at all, including wrist restraints, during labor, delivery, postpartum recuperation, outside hospital stays for labor and delivery, induction, transport to a cesarean section, or initial bonding with the newborn, unless there are reasonable grounds to believe she is an immediate, serious threat or an immediate, credible escape risk. If restraints are used during labor, officers must notify the facility director immediately and complete an incident report (S.C. Code 24-13-35). Agencies that employ certified officers must have Council-standard policies limiting force to what is objectively reasonable, banning chokeholds and carotid restraints as less-lethal options, and requiring a duty to intervene (23-23-85).

Changes, 2023 to 2026

  • Continuing education in autism spectrum disorder for certified officers

    2026 Act No. 134 (H.3285), adding S.C. Code 23-23-57Approved May 15, 2026; effective on approval (sec. 3)

    “A law enforcement officer certified in this State is required to complete Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in autism spectrum disorder,” in annual hours set by the Council. The act also requires autism courses in emergency medical technician training. The act does not say whether Class 2 detention and corrections certificates count as law enforcement officer certification; 23-23-55, by contrast, names Class 2-LCO officers expressly. The Officer Ledger entry covers the act.

    For corrections staff: Ask the Academy whether the autism hours apply to your certificate class.

    H.3285 (2026 Act No. 134)

  • Corrections officers may keep their home address and cell number off public government websites

    2023 Act No. 56 (S.252), adding S.C. Code 30-2-500 and following; delayed by 2024 Act No. 220 (H.3865); rewritten by 2025 Act No. 4 (S.126)Effective January 1, 2026, per Act 4 (the Legislature’s list of acts gives January 26, 2026; this page follows the act text)

    The law defines “law enforcement officer” as “an active or former federal, state, or local certified law enforcement officer or corrections officer.” Act 56 was to take effect July 1, 2024; Act 220 delayed it to July 1, 2025, and Act 4 delayed it again to January 1, 2026 and rewrote it before it took effect. As enacted, a covered officer may ask that the officer’s home address, personal cell number, and tax map number be restricted from display on publicly available government websites, using a form created by the Criminal Justice Academy and Court Administration with a notarized employment affidavit. The Officer Ledger entry gives the exceptions and remedies.

    For corrections staff: To keep your home address and cell number off public government websites, file the form with a notarized employment affidavit.

    S.126 (2025 Act No. 4) H.3865 (2024 Act No. 220) S.252 (2023 Act No. 56)

  • Fingerprint-based SLED and FBI records checks formalized; retained prints flag later arrests

    2025 Act No. 66 (H.3752), sec. 5, adding S.C. Code 23-23-60(E)Effective May 22, 2025, per the Legislature’s 2025 list of acts

    “An individual seeking certification pursuant to this section shall undergo a state criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and a national criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).” A no-felony FBI and SLED fingerprint record was already required under 23-23-60(B)(5)(d). What is new: SLED may keep the prints to notify the Academy of later criminal charges, SLED and the FBI may keep them for the FBI’s Next Generation Identification program and latent searches, and results may not be further disseminated. The change was carried in the Social Work Interstate Compact Act.

    For corrections staff: Your certification fingerprints may stay on file, so a later arrest can be reported to the Academy.

    S.C. Code 23-23-60 2025 list of acts

  • Jail and prison food service inspections move to the Department of Agriculture

    2023 Act No. 60 (S.399), sec. 10, amending S.C. Code 24-9-20Effective July 1, 2024, per the Code history

    In the annual inspection of every jail, prison, and other facility housing prisoners or pretrial detainees, food service operations “must be inspected at least annually by an employee of the Department of Agriculture,” which also files a written report. The act substituted “Department of Agriculture” for “Department of Health and Environmental Control” in the section. The Jail and Prison Inspection Division and the State Fire Marshal still inspect all other phases of operation.

    For corrections staff: Food service inspections in your facility come from the Department of Agriculture.

    S.C. Code 24-9-20

  • Captain Robert Johnson Act: felony penalties for repeat inmate cellphone possession

    2024 Act No. 137 (H.4002), adding S.C. Code 24-3-980Effective May 13, 2024, per the Legislature’s 2024 list of acts and the Code history

    “It is unlawful for an inmate under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections to possess a telecommunication device unless authorized to do so by the director.” Covered devices include phones, pagers, radios, personal digital assistants, laptops, their components, and similar new technology. A first offense is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year; a second or later offense is a felony punishable by up to 5 years. If use of the device was the proximate cause of a later felony, the possession is a felony punishable by up to 10 years.

    For corrections staff: Seized phones and components can support escalating criminal charges, so preserve the evidence and its chain of custody.

    S.C. Code 24-3-980 2024 list of acts

  • Statewide agency standards on force, intervention, and complaints, with Compliance Division inspections

    2022 Act No. 218 (H.3050), secs. 4 and 5, adding S.C. Code 23-23-85 and 23-23-160Approved May 23, 2022; secs. 4 and 5 effective January 1, 2023

    The Council must set required minimum standards for all law enforcement agencies, including use-of-force policies limited to objectively reasonable force; “the policy must prohibit the use of chokeholds and carotid restraints as less lethal force options.” The standards also cover the duty to intervene, hiring and termination, field training, body-worn cameras, public complaints, and early warning systems. A Compliance Division inspects each agency’s policies at least every 3 years. The Officer Ledger entries cover both sections. Sheriff’s offices are law enforcement agencies, so the standards reach the jails they run; the statute does not say whether the Department of Corrections is a covered law enforcement agency.

    For corrections staff: In sheriff-run jails, your agency’s force, intervention, and complaint policies must meet the Council’s statewide minimums.

    H.3050 (2022 Act No. 218) S.C. Code 23-23-85, 23-23-160

Enacted, not yet in force, pending, and bills that did not pass

No enacted corrections change was found awaiting its effective date. Bills on officer certification that died in the 126th General Assembly are listed on the Officer Ledger page; a separate search for failed corrections bills was not made.

The online S.C. Code appears current through 2025 acts, so 2026 acts were checked from the 2026 list of acts and bill texts. Act titles in the list are short, so corrections provisions inside broader 2026 acts could be missed.

Checked and unchanged

  • S.C. Code 24-13-35 (restraint of pregnant inmates): last amended by 2020 Act No. 136, before this period.
  • Not verified: basic course hours for Class 2-LCO and Class 2-SCO, and the Jail Standards Committee’s annual in-service hours, which are set by Council-approved programs and were not found in statute or regulation.
  • Not counted: Training Council rule amendments to S.C. Code Regs. ch. 37 on misconduct and adjudication, which apply to Class 2 corrections certificates. These were R. 37-025, 37-026, 37-105, and 37-107, and new 37-073 and 37-074 for telecommunications operators (State Register Vol. 47, Issue 5, eff. May 26, 2023), and R. 37-024 (investigations, including materially false information to the Academy, and suspension pending investigation) and 37-108 (sanctions and consent to sanctions) (Vol. 49, Issue 5, eff. May 23, 2025). The prior rule text was not compared, so the changes are not entered.

Bills in the legislature

Bills in the current session whose title concerns corrections officers, jails, probation and parole, and conditions of confinement, found automatically in LegiScan's copy of the legislature's records and refreshed daily (last on October 21, 2026). This list is not reviewed by an editor and is not a summary of the bills; each links to the legislature's own page, which controls. Bills that become law are added to the dated entries above once checked.

The law, section by section

Every section of the statutes and rules this page relies on that could be read from an official source, 227 in all, each linked to the official text. Headings are copied from the official tables of contents, checked October 21, 2026.

South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 23, Chapter 23: Law Enforcement Training Council and Criminal Justice AcademyStatute · 20 sections

Official text current through South Carolina Legislative Council unannotated Code: "now current through the 2025 Session of the General Assembly" (scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php, read 2026-10-21). The Code of Laws has no separate table of contents; headings are the section catchlines in the official unannotated chapter page. Same list as the Officer Ledger library, re-read 2026-10-21. S.C. Code Ann. 23-23-10 to 23-23-160, official text

CHAPTER 23. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COUNCIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY

  • 23-23-10 Purpose; definitions
  • 23-23-20 South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy
  • 23-23-30 South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council; members; terms
  • 23-23-40 Certification requirement
  • 23-23-45 911 telecommunicators training
  • 23-23-50 Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in domestic violence requirement; guidelines for exemptions
  • 23-23-55 Continuing law enforcement education credits in mental health or addictive disorders
  • 23-23-60 Certificates of compliance; information to be submitted relating to qualification of candidates for certification; expiration
  • 23-23-70 Certificates to be issued to certain officers appointed as chiefs and certain retired law enforcement officers
  • 23-23-80 South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council; powers and duties
  • 23-23-85 Establishment of required minimum standards for all law enforcement agencies; punitive actions
  • 23-23-90 Internal documents
  • 23-23-100 Compliance orders; penalties
  • 23-23-110 Law enforcement in municipality with single officer when officer attending training
  • 23-23-115 Training of officers with Savannah River Site Law Enforcement Department
  • 23-23-120 Reimbursement for training costs
  • 23-23-130 Retention of academy-generated revenue
  • 23-23-140 Patrol canine teams, certification
  • 23-23-150 Adjudication of allegations of misconduct
  • 23-23-160 Compliance Division; responsibilities
South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 24, Chapter 9: Jail and Prison Inspection ProgramStatute · 6 sections

Official text current through South Carolina Legislative Council unannotated Code: "now current through the 2025 Session of the General Assembly" (scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php, read 2026-10-21). The Code of Laws has no separate table of contents; headings are the section catchlines in the official unannotated chapter page. S.C. Code Ann. tit. 24, ch. 9, official text

CHAPTER 9. JAIL AND PRISON INSPECTION PROGRAM

  • 24-9-10 Jail and Prison Inspection Division established; personnel
  • 24-9-20 Inspection of State and local facilities housing prisoners or pretrial detainees; reports
  • 24-9-30 Enforcement of minimum standards
  • 24-9-35 Deaths of incarcerated persons, reports; penalty
  • 24-9-40 Compliance with design standards; notification when opening or closing state or local prison facility
  • 24-9-50 Reports on detention facilities to the Department of Corrections; electronic reporting
South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 24, Chapter 13: Prisoners GenerallyStatute · 60 sections

Official text current through South Carolina Legislative Council unannotated Code: "now current through the 2025 Session of the General Assembly" (scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php, read 2026-10-21). The Code of Laws has no separate table of contents; headings are the section catchlines in the official unannotated chapter page. S.C. Code Ann. tit. 24, ch. 13, official text

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • 24-13-10 Segregation of sexes
  • 24-13-20 Escaped convicts; sheriffs' duties to arrest; penalty
  • 24-13-30 Use of force to maintain internal order and discipline and to prevent escape of inmates
  • 24-13-35 Treatment of female inmates; visits with minor dependents
  • 24-13-40 Computation of time served by prisoners
  • 24-13-50 Municipal and county facility manager responsible for custody of convicted persons, monthly reports
  • 24-13-60 Screening of offenders for possible placement on work release
  • 24-13-65 Prisoners provided for litter control projects
  • 24-13-80 Prisoners to pay for certain costs; definitions; criteria for deductions from inmates' accounts; reimbursement and recovery from inmates estates
  • 24-13-100 Definition of no parole offense; classification
  • 24-13-125 Eligibility for work release; limitations; forfeiture of credits
  • 24-13-150 Early release, discharge, and community supervision; limitations; forfeiture of credits
  • 24-13-175 Calculation of sentence imposed and time served
  • 24-13-180 Paroled inmate rehabilitation facilities; public hearings; exemptions

ARTICLE 3. REDUCTION IN SENTENCE; EARLY RELEASE

  • 24-13-210 Good behavior credits
  • 24-13-220 Time off for good behavior in cases of commuted or suspended sentences
  • 24-13-230 Reduction of sentence for productive duty assignment or participation in academic, technical, or vocational training program
  • 24-13-235 Voluntary program
  • 24-13-260 Failure of officer having charge of inmate to allow deduction in time of serving sentence; penalty

ARTICLE 5. OFFENSES

  • 24-13-410 Unlawful escape or possessing tools or weapons; penalty
  • 24-13-420 Unlawful escape; harboring or employing escaped convicts; penalty
  • 24-13-425 Tampering with the operation of an electronic monitoring device; penalty
  • 24-13-430 Rioting or inciting to riot; penalty
  • 24-13-440 Carrying or concealing weapon; penalty
  • 24-13-450 Taking of hostages; penalty
  • 24-13-460 Furnishing prisoners alcoholic beverages or narcotic drugs; penalty
  • 24-13-470 Throwing of body fluids on correctional facility employees and others; penalty; blood borne disease testing

ARTICLE 7. WORK RELEASE PROGRAM

  • 24-13-640 Statewide uniform for prisoners assigned to work details outside of correctional facilities
  • 24-13-650 Prohibition against release of offender into community in which he committed violent crime; exception
  • 24-13-660 Public service work performed by inmates

ARTICLE 9. FURLOUGHS

  • 24-13-710 Supervised furlough program; search and seizure; fee; guidelines; eligibility criteria
  • 24-13-720 Inmates who may be placed with program; search and seizure
  • 24-13-730 Implementation of new programs and program changes subject to appropriations by General Assembly

ARTICLE 11. WORK/PUNISHMENT PROGRAM FOR INMATES CONFINED IN LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

  • 24-13-910 Administration of work programs; eligible offenders
  • 24-13-915 Meaning of "local detention facility"
  • 24-13-920 Removal of inmate from program for violation of program regulations
  • 24-13-930 Surrender of inmates' earnings; amounts deductible
  • 24-13-940 Contracts for service of sentences in custody of department or of other local detention facilities
  • 24-13-950 Standards for operation of local inmate work programs

ARTICLE 13. SHOCK INCARCERATION PROGRAM

  • 24-13-1310 Definitions
  • 24-13-1320 Regulations; reports
  • 24-13-1330 Court ordered participation; department evaluation and notification; inmate's agreement to terms; effect of completion

ARTICLE 15. HOME DETENTION ACT

  • 24-13-1510 Short title
  • 24-13-1520 Definitions
  • 24-13-1530 Home detention programs as alternative to incarceration and certain programs; local programs
  • 24-13-1540 Promulgation of regulations; approved absences from home
  • 24-13-1550 Verification
  • 24-13-1560 Use of electronic monitoring device
  • 24-13-1570 Change in residence or schedule; notice that violation of detention is a crime; revocation; input of victim regarding eligibility for home detention
  • 24-13-1580 Necessity of written consent to electronic home detention; other residents' knowledge
  • 24-13-1590 Article not applicable to certain controlled substance offenders; probation and parole authority not diminished

ARTICLE 19. THE CENTER FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHABILITATION

  • 24-13-1910 Centers for alcohol and drug rehabilitation established; construction, operation, and responsibility for centers
  • 24-13-1920 Alcohol and drug abuse intervention, prevention, and treatment services; funding
  • 24-13-1930 Placement of certain offenders in center; bed space availability report
  • 24-13-1940 Operation of centers; rules and regulations; funding and lease of building
  • 24-13-1950 Probation after release; revocation of suspended sentence; gender not grounds for ineligibility for program

ARTICLE 20. OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION PROGRAM

  • 24-13-2110 Preparation of inmates for employment
  • 24-13-2120 Coordination of agencies
  • 24-13-2130 Memorandum of understanding to establish role of each agency
  • 24-13-2140 Coordination by Department of Corrections
South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 24, Chapter 21: Probation, Parole and PardonStatute · 87 sections

Official text current through South Carolina Legislative Council unannotated Code: "now current through the 2025 Session of the General Assembly" (scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php, read 2026-10-21). The Code of Laws has no separate table of contents; headings are the section catchlines in the official unannotated chapter page. S.C. Code Ann. tit. 24, ch. 21, official text

ARTICLE 1. BOARD OF PROBATION, PAROLE, AND PARDON SERVICES

  • 24-21-5 Definitions
  • 24-21-10 Department director; Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services; term; appointment; filing vacancies
  • 24-21-11 Removal of director or member
  • 24-21-12 Compensation of board members
  • 24-21-13 Director to oversee department; policies and procedures; board's duty to consider cases for parole, probation, or pardon
  • 24-21-30 Meetings; parole and pardon panels
  • 24-21-32 Reentry supervision; revocation
  • 24-21-35 Administrative recommendations available to victim prior to parole hearing
  • 24-21-40 Record of proceedings
  • 24-21-50 Hearings, arguments, and appearances by counsel or individuals
  • 24-21-55 Hearing fee
  • 24-21-60 Cooperation of public agencies and officials; surveys
  • 24-21-70 Records of prisoners
  • 24-21-80 Supervision fee; hardship exemption; delinquencies; substitution of public service
  • 24-21-85 Electronic monitoring fees
  • 24-21-87 Extradition and maintenance polygraph fees
  • 24-21-90 Account and receipt for fee payments; deposit of funds
  • 24-21-100 Administrative monitoring when fines outstanding; fee
  • 24-21-110 Administrative sanctions

ARTICLE 3. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, PAROLE, AND PARDON SERVICES; PROBATION OFFICERS

  • 24-21-220 Powers and duties of director
  • 24-21-221 Notice of hearing to consider parole; to whom required
  • 24-21-230 Employment of probation agents and other staff; employment and duties of hearing officers; offender supervision specialists
  • 24-21-235 Duty clothing for department employees
  • 24-21-237 Employee meals
  • 24-21-240 Oath of probation agents
  • 24-21-250 Pay and expenses of probation agents
  • 24-21-260 Probation agents' assignment locations
  • 24-21-270 Offices for probation agents
  • 24-21-280 Duties and powers of probation agents; authority to enforce criminal laws
  • 24-21-290 Privileged information received by probation agents
  • 24-21-300 Offender Management Systems Act, citation for violation of release terms

ARTICLE 5. PROBATION

  • 24-21-410 Power to suspend sentence and impose probation; exceptions; search and seizure
  • 24-21-420 Reports by probation agent to the court
  • 24-21-430 Conditions of probation
  • 24-21-440 Period of probation
  • 24-21-450 Arrest for violating terms of probation; bond
  • 24-21-460 Court action when terms of probation violated
  • 24-21-480 Restitution Center program; distribution of offenders' salaries
  • 24-21-485 Department authorized to establish and maintain restitution centers
  • 24-21-490 Collection and distribution of restitution

ARTICLE 6. COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CONTROL SYSTEM

  • 24-21-510 Development and operation of system
  • 24-21-540 Community Control Centers for higher risk offenders; guidelines for placement
  • 24-21-550 Probation terms involving fines, costs, assessments, or restitution
  • 24-21-560 Community supervision program; eligibility and completion requirements; violations; revocation; notification of release to community supervision

ARTICLE 7. PAROLE; RELEASE FOR GOOD CONDUCT

  • 24-21-610 Eligibility for parole
  • 24-21-615 Case of prisoner convicted of capital offense, review by board restricted
  • 24-21-620 Review prisoner's case after prisoner has served one fourth of sentence
  • 24-21-630 Eligibility for parole, effect of time served
  • 24-21-635 Earned work credits
  • 24-21-640 Circumstances warranting parole; search and seizure; criteria; reports of parolees; records subject to Freedom of Information Act
  • 24-21-645 Parole orders; search and seizure; review parole denial of prisoners confined for violent crimes; review schedule
  • 24-21-650 Order of parole
  • 24-21-660 Effect of parole
  • 24-21-670 Term of parole
  • 24-21-680 Violation of parole
  • 24-21-690 Release after serving full time with good conduct deduction
  • 24-21-700 Persons needing psychiatric care, special parole
  • 24-21-710 Film, videotape, or other electronic information may be considered by board in parole determination
  • 24-21-715 Parole for terminally ill, geriatric, or permanently disabled inmates

ARTICLE 11. PARDONS; COMMUTATION OF DEATH SENTENCES

  • 24-21-910 Petitions for reprieve or commutation of death sentence; recommendation to governor
  • 24-21-920 Clemency in other cases
  • 24-21-930 Order of pardon
  • 24-21-940 Definitions
  • 24-21-950 Guidelines for determining eligibility for pardon
  • 24-21-960 Pardon application fee; reapplication after denial
  • 24-21-970 Pardon considered in cases of terminal illness
  • 24-21-980 Pardon obtained through fraud
  • 24-21-990 Civil rights restored upon pardon
  • 24-21-1000 Certificate of pardon

ARTICLE 12. INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR ADULT OFFENDER SUPERVISION

  • 24-21-1100 Short title
  • 24-21-1105 Purpose
  • 24-21-1110 Definitions
  • 24-21-1120 Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision; state council; creation; members; quorum; meetings; Executive Committee
  • 24-21-1130 Powers
  • 24-21-1140 Adoption of bylaws
  • 24-21-1150 Conduct of business; voting; access to meetings and records; closed meetings; minutes; interstate movement of offender data collection
  • 24-21-1160 Promulgation of rules and amendments; emergency rules
  • 24-21-1170 Interstate movement of adult offenders, oversight; enforcement of compact; resolution of disputes among states; mediation
  • 24-21-1180 Establishment and operating costs; assessments from compacting states; accounting
  • 24-21-1190 Compact membership eligibility; effective date; amendments
  • 24-21-1200 Withdrawal; termination and penalties for performance default by compacting state; legal actions; dissolution
  • 24-21-1210 Severability
  • 24-21-1220 Construction and application

ARTICLE 13. DAY REPORTING CENTERS

South Carolina Code of Regulations, Chapter 37: South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy (Articles 1, 3, and 5)Rules · 54 sections

Official text current through South Carolina Legislative Council unannotated Code of Regulations: "Files are current through State Register Volume 50, Issue 3, effective March 27, 2026" (scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/statmast.php, read 2026-10-21). Headings are the regulation catchlines in the official chapter PDF (no separate table of contents). Same list as the Officer Ledger library; the Code of Regulations currency statement was unchanged on 2026-10-21. S.C. Code Regs. 37-001 to 37-112, official text

ARTICLE 1. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING

  • 37-001 Definitions
  • 37-002 Authority of Director
  • 37-003 Requirement of Good Character
  • 37-004 Certification
  • 37-005 Training Requirements for Basic Law Enforcement Certification
  • 37-006 Equivalent Training
  • 37-007 Application for Re-issuance of Certification
  • 37-008 Approval of Continuing Law Enforcement Education Hours for Re-certification Requirements
  • 37-009 Application for Re-certification
  • 37-010 Continuing Law Enforcement Education Requirements for Re-certification
  • 37-011 Extension of Certification Renewal Date
  • 37-012 Speed Measurement Device Operator
  • 37-013 Definitions for R.37-015 and R.37-016
  • 37-014 Law Enforcement Emergency Vehicle Training Requirement
  • 37-015 Law Enforcement Emergency Vehicle Training Programs
  • 37-016 Notification of Training Compliance
  • 37-017 Continuing Training Requirement
  • 37-018 Approval of Training Programs
  • 37-019 Equivalent Law Enforcement Emergency Vehicle Training
  • 37-020 Effect of Failure to Comply
  • 37-021 Firearms Qualification Requirement
  • 37-022 Separation from Law Enforcement Employment
  • 37-023 Reporting of Events Requiring Withdrawal of Certification
  • 37-024 Investigation of Events Requiring Withdrawal of Certification; Notification to Officer
  • 37-025 Denial of Certification for Misconduct
  • 37-026 Withdrawal of Certification of Law Enforcement Officers
  • 37-027 Notification of Withdrawal of Certification
  • 37-028 Notification of Denial of Certification
  • 37-029 Confidentiality of Notification
  • 37-030 Reserve Police

ARTICLE 3. E-911 SYSTEM

  • 37-060 Definitions
  • 37-062 Training to Take Place within One Year of Hire
  • 37-063 Requirement of Good Character
  • 37-064 Minimum Requirements for E-911 Operator Enrollment in Training
  • 37-065 Certification
  • 37-066 Training Requirements for Certification
  • 37-067 Break in Service after Certification
  • 37-068 Application for Issuance or Re-issuance of Certification
  • 37-069 Cost of Training
  • 37-070 Separation from Employment
  • 37-073 Denial of Telecommunications Operator Certification for Misconduct
  • 37-074 Withdrawal of Certification of Telecommunications Operators

ARTICLE 5. ADJUDICATION OF MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS

  • 37-100 Suspension of Certification Due to Criminal Charges and/or Indictment
  • 37-101 Request for Contested Case Hearing
  • 37-102 Failure to Request Contested Case Hearing
  • 37-103 Prosecution and Docketing
  • 37-104 Discovery
  • 37-105 Contested Case Hearing
  • 37-106 Failure to Appear at the Contested Case Hearing
  • 37-107 Final Decision by Law Enforcement Training Council
  • 37-108 Sanctions
  • 37-109 Recusal of Council Members
  • 37-110 Right to be Represented by Counsel
  • 37-112 Reporting to the National Decertification Index

S.C. Code 23-23-57 (autism training, 2026), mentioned on the page, is not yet in the online Code, which is current through the 2025 session, so it is not listed.

USCLI's source monitor re-reads the 13 official sources cited on this page around the clock; 4 answered unchanged at their latest check. The oldest of those checks was on October 21, 2026.

Last updated October 21, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & InvestigationCite as: United States Council for Law & Investigation, “South Carolina corrections law: Corrections Ledger,” uscli.org/corrections-tracker/south-carolina (last updated October 21, 2026). Text licensed CC BY 4.0.