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Title: South Carolina Prisons


1
South Carolina Prisons
  • The original correctional system in South
    Carolina was established in 1866.
  • The South Carolina Legislature passed an act that
    created the first state-level prison for felons
    that were housed in county facilities.

2
SC Prison History
  • Allendale and Evans Correctional Institutions
    became operational in 1989.
  • Budget and Control Board approved 24 million to
    begin the construction of the Central
    Correctional Institution (CCI) in Lee County
    (later named Lee Correctional Institution).
  • Thomas B. Lee was named architect, engineer and
    first superintendent.

3
Early SC Prisons
Lee Correctional Facility
4
Early SC Prisons
Correctional officers monitored inmates from the
tops of the buildings.
During the early 1900s inmates were required to
wear striped uniforms.
5
1866-1900 State Penitentiary Management
Operations
  • After Thomas B. Lee, seven superintendents headed
    the State Penitentiary during this period.
  • Inmate labor was used for prison industries
    construction projects across the state.

6
1900 - 1930 Emergence of Dual Prison System in
South Carolina
  • Prison industries consisted of
  • machine shops
  • Carpentry
  • Blacksmith
  • Weaving
  • Shoe and tailoring shops

7
1900 - 1930 Emergence of Dual Prison System in
South Carolina
  • In January 1869, prisoner count at the State
    Penitentiary totaled 201.
  • At the end of 1900, this number increased to 795
    (a 300 increase over 30 years).

8
1900 - 1930 Emergence of Dual Prison System in
South Carolina
  • Another farming operation began on the site of
    the current Walden Correctional Institution
  • Capital punishment was ushered in with the
    installation of the electric chair in 1912

9
Local Prisons and Jails in full Operation by 1930
  • County supervisors full authority to retain
    convicts for road construction
  • Or to transfer them to the State.
  • Chain gangs worked throughout the state.
  • Because of the retention of inmates by local
    prisons/jails,
  • The State Penitentiary only housed 687 offenders
    in September 1930 - a decrease of 108 inmates
    from the count of 795 in 1900, 30 years
    earlier.

10
State Prison History
  • 1930 - 1960 State Penitentiary Co-existed with
    Chain Gangs.
  • 1937 - Construction began on a separate facility
    to house female prisoners only.
  • This facility, Stevenson Correctional
    Institution, also served as SCDCs first
    pre-release center.
  • 1949 - A bookbindery was added to prison
    industries.

11
Prison Population Increase
  • During this 30-year period, the State
    Penitentiary population increased from 687 in
    1930 to 2,078 in 1960
  • Tripled in 30 years

12
1900 - 1930 Emergence of Dual Prison System in
South Carolina
  • A chair-caning factory was added to prison
    industries
  • Inmates began manufacturing license plates and
    road signs
  • An inmate classification system was initiated.
  • In 1927, the Richards building for female
    prisoners was constructed at the Penitentiary

13
1866-1900 State Penitentiary Management
Operations
  • Inmate labor was used in the construction of
    Clemson, Winthrop and Claflin colleges, as well
    as the State hospital.
  • Farming operations to support the Penitentiary
    began at the site of what is now the Wateree
    River Correctional Institution.

14
1960 Creation of the South Carolina Department
of Corrections (SCDC)
  • Abuses within the prison system
  • Use of convict labor on private property as a
    form of political reward
  • Governor Ernest Fritz Hollings called for the
    creation of a state agency.
  • The South Carolina Department of Corrections was
    established in 1960
  • A State Board of Corrections was created at the
    same time to oversee the functions of SCDC
  • Members represented each judicial circuit.

15
SCDC
  • In 1960, the Governor of South Carolina decided
    to end the abuses of the correctional system and
    created a new state agency.
  • The agency was named the South Carolina
    Department of Corrections (SCDC).
  • Today, the Department of Corrections is still a
    state agency, reporting directly to the Governor.

16
SCDC
  • The Department of Corrections currently has
    almost
  • 6,000 employees
  • 23,000 inmates
  • 28 institutions
  • Cost per inmate for 2007 14,093

17
SC Prison Population
  • The 28 prisons are categorized into 4 security
    levels
  • 1) High security (level 3)
  • 2) Medium security (level 2)
  • 3) Minimum security (level 1B)
  • 4) Community-based pre-release/work centers
    (level 1A)

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LEVEL 1-A
  • Community-based pre-release/work centers
  • Minimum security
  • Non-violent inmates
  • Within 36 months of release
  • Work and program focus
  • Housing
  • Double bunk
  • Open-bay wards
  • Unfenced perimeters

19
Level 1-B
  • Minimum-security (higher security than L-A)
  • Inmates with short sentences or time to serve
  • Housing
  • Double bunk cubicles
  • Unfenced perimeters

20
Level 2
  • Medium-security
  • Single fenced perimeters
  • Electronic surveillance
  • Housing
  • Double bunk
  • Some double bunk cubicles

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Single Fence
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Level 3
  • High-security
  • Violent offenders
  • Longer sentences
  • Inmates with behavioral problems
  • Closely supervised
  • Activities movement highly restricted
  • Housing
  • Single double cells
  • All perimeters are double-fenced with extensive
    electronic surveillance

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Double Fenced
24
Visitation in SC Prisons
  • An important component of the rehabilitation
    process.
  • It is conducted in the least restrictive manner
    possible.
  • While meeting requirements of
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Classification
  • Space availability

25
Rules for Visitors
  • Effective January 1, 2008, SCDC is a tobacco free
    environment.
  • Tobacco, tobacco related products, paraphernalia
    or lighting devices are not allowed in buildings
    or on property.
  • Considered contraband within all Agency buildings
    and institutions.

26
Visitation
  • Inmates are not allowed to have visitors during
    the reception and evaluation process unless they
    remain in the Reception and Evaluation Center
    longer than thirty (30) days and the visitor is
    on the approved visiting list.
  • After thirty (30) days only immediate family on
    the approved visitation list may visit at
    reception and evaluation.

27
How to Apply for Visiting Privileges
  • If the inmate wants you to visit, he or she will
    send you a Form 19-127, "Request for Visiting
    Privileges."
  • Only inmates are authorized to provide an
    application.
  • FULLY complete the Form 19-27 that is provided to
    you by the inmate and return it by mail to the
    Central Visitation Center (CVC).
  • A parent, legal guardian, or other adult may
    assist a child in completing the form however,
    only a parent or legal guardian will be permitted
    to sign this form.

28
Visitation
  • Each inmate in the SCDC is allowed a maximum of
    fifteen (15) approved visitors on his/her
    visiting list.  
  • Inmates are provided with  "Request for Visiting
    Privileges" forms (SCDC Form 19-127) to send to
    prospective visitors. 
  • Forms are provided to each inmate upon arrival in
    the Department of Corrections Reception and
    Evaluation Center
  • Available to inmates in all institutions
    throughout the state.  

29
Visitation
  • IT IS THE INMATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVISE
    HIS/HER VISITOR(S) OF THEIR APPROVAL.

30
Visitation
  • Minor children that are on the APPROVED visiting
    list must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Will be allowed to visit only if they are the
    inmate's brothers and sisters, the inmate's
    children (natural or legally adopted), the
    inmate's stepchildren, grandchildren, or step
    grandchildren. 
  • Everyone age 10 and older must present a public
    safety picture identification. 
  • Those under age 10 must show a copy of their
    long-form birth certificate. 

31
Visitation
  • Inmate may only have one visit per day
    therefore, all visitors must be together.

32
Phone Calls
  • Inmate Telephone List Inmates to SCDC are
    allowed to list the names, addresses, and phone
    numbers for up to five people that they wish to
    call.
  • Approximately two weeks after completing the
    form, the inmate will be issued a Personal
    Identification Number (PIN) and will be
    temporarily allowed to call these numbers at
    times allowed by the institutional schedule.
  •  

33
  • After 90 days, the inmate will no longer be able
    to call these telephone numbers, unless the owner
    of the telephone number has taken action to be
    added to the inmate's telephone list.
  • Each inmate is allowed up to 20 phone numbers on
    his or her list of authorized phone numbers.

34
Inmates Phone List
  • To be added to an inmates telephone list
  • You must receive SCDC Form 23 "Telephone
    Privilege Request" from the inmate.
  • You must fill out SCDC Form 23 properly, and
    must send it, along with a copy of the page of
    your most recent telephone bill that displays the
    phone number, name, and address of the billed
    party, to                 

35
Inmates Phone List
  • Inmate Phone Service Provider c/o South Carolina
    Department of Corrections
  •                  P.O. Box 21787        
            4444 Broad River Road        
            Columbia, South Carolina 29221
  • 1787

36
Phone Calls
  • Toll free numbers are NOT allowed and will NOT be
    added to the inmates telephone list.
  • After adding your phone number to the inmates
    telephone list
  • SCDC will give the inmate a copy of the form you
    submitted to inform the inmate that you can now
    be called.

37
Phone Calls
  • Your phone account must be current with your
    local telephone company (not past due).
  • Your local telephone company must have a Billing
    and Collection agreement with the South Carolina
    Department of Corrections inmate phone service
    provider.

38
Phone Calls
  • You must have a noncordless phone with touch
    tone service (no rotary dial).
  • Cell phone numbers may be added to inmate
    telephone lists using the SCDC Form 23 (Inmate
    Telephone Privilege Request).

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  • Inmate calls to cells phones must be prepaid by
    the family member (please see "Prepaid Option
    Instructions" below).
  • All calls from inmates to family members, using
    cell phones and/or traditional phones, will be
    subject to restrictions, recording, and
    monitoring.

40
Phone Calls
  • Is there a credit limit on my account? Call 1 -
    888-664-7839
  • In the correctional industry, the typical monthly
    bill can range between 30.00 to 150.00 a month.
    As a courtesy to guard against fraud, the inmate
    phone service vendor has established a "courtesy
    limit" of 200.00. This limit can be raised or
    lowered, depending upon your needs and payment
    history.

41
Inmate Package Program
  • South Carolina Department of Corrections allows
    inmates to receive packages twice a year.

42
South Carolina Prison Holiday Package Program
  • Inmate Package Program
  • South Carolina Department of Corrections allows
    inmates to receive packages twice a year.
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