South Carolina Statutes
§ 24-13-440 — Carrying or concealing weapon; penalty.
South Carolina·Title 24 CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES AND PARDONS·Ch. 13 PRISONERS GENERALLY
It is unlawful for an inmate of a state correctional facility or of a local detention facility to carry on his person or to have in his possession a dirk, slingshot, metal knuckles, razor, firearm, or an object, homemade or otherwise, that may be used for the infliction of personal injury upon another person, or to wilfully conceal any weapon within any Department of Corrections facility or other place of confinement. A person violating this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years. A sentence imposed under this section must be served consecutively to any other sentence the inmate is serving.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 55-7.3; 1968 (55) 2586; 1969 (56) 91; 1997 Act No. 136, SECTION 8; 2010 Act No. 237, SECTION 79, eff June 11, 2010. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment, in the first sentence, substituted "or of a local detention facility" for ", city or county jail, or public works of a county", "an object" for "any other deadly weapon", and "that may be" for "which usually is".
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