South Carolina § 24-3-50 Failure to remain within extended limits of his confinement; penalty.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 24-3-50 — Failure to remain within extended limits of his confinement; penalty.

South Carolina § 24-3-50

Title 24CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES AND PARDONS

Ch. 3STATE PRISON SYSTEM

This text of South Carolina § 24-3-50 (Failure to remain within extended limits of his confinement; penalty.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 24-3-50 (2026).

Text

The wilful failure of a prisoner to remain within the extended limits of his confinement as authorized by Section 24-3-20(b), or to return within the time prescribed to the designated place of confinement, including a local facility, is an escape and is punishable as provided in Section 24-13-410.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 55-321.3; 1966 (54) 2180; 2010 Act No. 237, SECTION 5, eff June 11, 2010. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment inserted "including a local facility,", substituted "is an escape" for "shall be deemed an escape", deleted "from the custody of the Department of Corrections" following "an escape", and inserted "is" before "punishable".