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S.C. Code Ann. § 24-21-1300: Definitions.

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  1. Title 24 - CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES AND PARDONS
  2. CHAPTER 21 Probation, Parole and Pardon
  3. ARTICLE 13 Day Reporting Centers

(A) The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services may develop and operate day reporting centers within the State.

(B) "Day reporting center" means a state facility providing supervision of inmates or offenders placed on supervision, which includes, but is not limited to, mandatory reporting, program participation, drug testing, community service, and any other conditions as determined by the Department of Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.

(C) "Eligible inmate" means a person sentenced to imprisonment for more than three months, excluding a person sentenced for:

(1) a violent crime, as provided for in Section 16-1-60;

(2) a Class A, B, or C felony, as provided for in Section 16-1-20;

(3) the following Class D felonies:

(a) robbery, as provided for in Section 16-11-325;

(b) disseminating obscene material to a minor twelve years of age or younger, as provided for in Section 16-15-355; and

(c) aggravated stalking, as provided for in Section 16-3-1730(C);

(4) an unclassified crime which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of fifteen years or more, as provided for in Section 16-1-10(D);

(5) the unclassified crime of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in which the original indictment was for an offense that would require registration as a sex offender, as provided for in Section 23-3-430; or

(6) a crime which requires a registration as a sex offender, as provided for in Section 23-3-430. "Eligible inmate" does not include a person who does not provide an approved in-state residence as determined jointly by the Department of Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.

(D) "Eligible offender" means a person placed on probation, parole, community supervision, or any other supervision program operated by the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, excluding a person sentenced for:

(1) a violent crime, as provided for in Section 16-1-60;

(2) a Class A, B, or C felony, as provided for in Section 16-1-20;

(3) the following Class D felonies:

(a) robbery, as provided for in Section 16-11-325;

(b) disseminating obscene material to a minor twelve years of age or younger, as provided for in Section 16-15-355; and

(c) aggravated stalking, as provided for in Section 16-3-1730(C);

(4) an unclassified crime which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of fifteen years or more, as provided for in Section 16-1-10(D);

(5) the unclassified crime of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in which the original indictment was for an offense that would require registration as a sex offender, as provided for in Section 23-3-430; or

(6) a crime which requires a registration as a sex offender, as provided for in Section 23-3-430. "Eligible offender" does not include a person who does not provide an approved in-state residence as determined jointly by the Department of Corrections and the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.

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