South Carolina Code 24-13-1310. Definitions
(1) "Eligible inmate" means a person committed to the South Carolina Department of Corrections:
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 24-13-1310
- Court: means a circuit, family, magistrate's, or municipal court having criminal or juvenile jurisdiction to sentence an individual to incarceration for a violation of law, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, the Board of Juvenile Parole, and the Department of Corrections. See South Carolina Code 24-13-1520
- Department: means , in the case of a juvenile offender, the Department of Juvenile Justice and, in the case of an adult offender, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, the Department of Corrections, and any other law enforcement agency created by law. See South Carolina Code 24-13-1520
- Director: means the Director of the Department of Corrections. See South Carolina Code 24-13-1310
- Shock incarceration program: means a program pursuant to which eligible inmates are ordered by the court to participate in the program and serve ninety days in an incarceration facility, which provides rigorous physical activity, intensive regimentation, and discipline and rehabilitation therapy and programming. See South Carolina Code 24-13-1310
(a) who has not reached the age of thirty years at the time of admission to the department;
(b) who is eligible for release on parole in two years or less;
(c) who has not been convicted of a violent crime as defined in § 16-1-60 or a "no parole offense" as defined in § 24-13-100;
(d) who has not been incarcerated previously in a state correctional facility or has not served a sentence previously in a shock incarceration program;
(e) who physically is able to participate in the program.
(2) "Shock incarceration program" means a program pursuant to which eligible inmates are ordered by the court to participate in the program and serve ninety days in an incarceration facility, which provides rigorous physical activity, intensive regimentation, and discipline and rehabilitation therapy and programming.
(3) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Corrections.