The Director of the Department of Corrections, when a prisoner is confined in the State Penitentiary, the sheriff of the county, when a person is confined in the county jail, and the county supervisor or chairman of the governing body of the county if there is no county supervisor, when a prisoner is confined upon a work detail of a county, must keep a record of the industry, habits, and deportment of the prisoner, as well as other information requested by the board or the director and furnish it to them upon request.
S.C. Code Ann. § 24-21-70
Records of prisoners
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Freddie Owens v. Bryan Stirling (2020)
Most recently applied in Freddie Owens v. Bryan Stirling (July 2020)
1962 Code SECTION 55-557; 1952 Code SECTION 55-557; 1942 Code SECTION 1038-13; 1942 (42) 1456; 1960 (51) 1917; 1988 Act No. 480, SECTION 4; 1991 Act No. 134, SECTION 2; 1993 Act…
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