South Carolina § 24-13-640 Statewide uniform for prisoners assigned to work details outside of correctional facilities.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 24-13-640 — Statewide uniform for prisoners assigned to work details outside of correctional facilities.

South Carolina § 24-13-640

Title 24CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES AND PARDONS

Ch. 13PRISONERS GENERALLY

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 24-13-640 (2026).

Text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any state or local prisoner who is not in the highest trusty grade and who is assigned to a work detail outside the confines of any state correctional facility or local detention facility must wear a statewide uniform. The uniform must be of such a design and color as to easily be identified as a prisoner's uniform and stripes must be used in the design. The Department of Corrections Division of Prison Industries must manufacture the statewide uniform and make it available for sale to the local detention facilities. The Director of the Department of Corrections may determine, in his discretion, that the provisions of this section do not apply to certain prisoners.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any state or local prisoner who is not in the highest trusty grade and who is assigned to a work detail outside the confines of any state correctional facility or local detention facility must wear a statewide uniform. The uniform must be of such a design and color as to easily be identified as a prisoner's uniform and stripes must be used in the design. The Department of Corrections Division of Prison Industries must manufacture the statewide uniform and make it available for sale to the local detention facilities. The Director of the Department of Corrections may determine, in his discretion, that the provisions of this section do not apply to certain prisoners.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 462, SECTION 38; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 440; 2010 Act No. 237, SECTION 83, eff June 11, 2010. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment, in the first sentence, substituted "state correctional facility or local detention facility must" for "correctional facility shall", and made other nonsubstantive changes.