§ 24-22-10 Short title
§ 24-22-20 Definitions
§ 24-22-30 Eligibility to participate in offender management system
§ 24-22-40 Implementation of system; limits to issuance of certificates; Orders by Governor to enroll or cease release of prisoners
§ 24-22-50 System to be in operation during all periods in which funded
§ 24-22-60 Evaluation of offenders
§ 24-22-70 Good behavior credit; earned work credits
§ 24-22-80 Revocation of offender management system status; no appeal
§ 24-22-90 Enrollment in system; supervision in community; giving of notice; statements by victims, witnesses, solicitors, law enforcement officers, and others for or against release
§ 24-22-100 Enrollee participation in designated programs; community control strategies
§ 24-22-110 Status of enrollees; retention and sharing of control by departments; revocation of enrollment
§ 24-22-120 Discipline or removal from system; violation, arrest and detention; no bond pending hearing
§ 24-22-130 Parole hearings; supervised furlough; vested rollbacks; continuation in system until sentence satisfied
§ 24-22-140 No liberty interest or expectancy of release created
§ 24-22-150 Funding required for system initiation and ongoing operation; hiatus when funding exhausted
§ 24-22-160 Operating capacities of prison populations to be established; certification
§ 24-22-170 Termination of system and regulations
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 24 > Chapter 22 - Classification System and Adult Criminal Offender Management System

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • clerk: as used in this title , signifies the clerk of the court where the action is pending and, in the Supreme Court or the court of appeals, the clerk of the county mentioned in the title of the complaint or in another county to which the court may have changed the place of trial, unless otherwise specified. See South Carolina Code 15-1-60
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • personal property: as used in this Title , include money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See South Carolina Code 15-1-40
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • property: as used in this Title , includes both real and personal property. See South Carolina Code 15-1-50
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • real estate: as used in this Title are coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments. See South Carolina Code 15-1-30
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.