South Carolina Statutes
§ 24-1-140 — Director empowered to make rules and regulations; separation and classification of prisoners.
South Carolina § 24-1-140
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 24CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES AND PARDONS
Ch. 1DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 24-1-140 (2026).
Text
The director shall have power to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the humane treatment, training, and discipline of prisoners, and to make provision for the separation and classification of prisoners according to sex, color, age, health, corrigibility, and character of offense upon which the conviction of the prisoner was secured.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 55-303; 1960 (51) 1917; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 379.
Nearby Sections
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§ 24-1-100
Qualifications of director.§ 24-1-120
Bonds of director and other personnel.§ 24-1-130
Management and control of prison system.§ 24-1-140
Director empowered to make rules and regulations; separation and classification of prisoners.§ 24-1-170
Financial records.§ 24-1-20
Declaration of policy.§ 24-1-220
Suits to be brought in name of director.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 24-1-140, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/1/24-1-140.