When an individual under the department's supervision flees from supervision or is otherwise absent without proper permission. |
Administrative monitoring refers to a form of monitoring beyond the end of the term of supervision in which the only remaining condition of supervision not completed is the payment of financial obligations. To qualify to transition to administrative monitoring: 1) the offense date must be on or after January 1, 2011, 2) the case must be closed successfully, 3) the case sentence type must be probation, parole, Youthful Offender Act, or Community Supervision Program, and 4) the case must have outstanding financial obligations. |
The Community Supervision Program is a release program for individuals who have been sentenced to a "no parole" offense and have served 85% of their sentence at the S.C. Department of Corrections (SCDC). A "no parole" offense is a class a, b, or c felony or an offense exempt from classification as enumerated in section 16-1-10(d), which is punishable by a maximum term of 20 years or more. Individuals who committed one of these crimes on or after January 1, 1996, are not eligible for parole consideration at any time during their sentence. Individuals released to the Community Supervision Program have two years of supervision. If at any time they violate the terms of supervision, a circuit court judge may revoke any part of the remaining incarceration portion of the sentence for up to one year at a time. |
The DJJ Release Program is a program where SCDPPPS supervises individuals, at least 17 years of age but less than 21, who have been adjudicated delinquent by a family court and who have been conditionally released by the S.C. Board of Juvenile Parole. Individuals released through this program are supervised the same as adults under supervision. However, in the case of violations, their cases are brought before the S.C. Board of Juvenile Parole and its hearings officers. |
GPS monitoring uses satellites, cellular towers, and/or wireless signals to track a device's location, usually affixed to an individual's ankle. Alerts such as device removal, dead battery, or curfews or electronic perimeters violations are transmitted to the Intelligence Tracking and Communications (ITAC) Center. |
The GEAR Program is a collection program that allows the S.C. Department of Revenue to use setoff debt and additional collection tools to collect debts. |
Home detention is a condition of intensive supervision under which an individual under supervision is confined to their residence. |
The HIP is a form of incarceration where an individual is confined in their home instead of in jail or prison. Their supervision by SCDPPPS begins upon completion of HIP. |
The initial parole eligibility date is when an individual first became eligible for parole. |
An IID is a device the size of a handheld calculator that when connected to a vehicle’s ignition system prevents a vehicle from starting if it detects a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) over a pre-set level. |
The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (S.C. Code section 24-21-1100 - 1220) is a reciprocal agreement permitting the transfer of cases between member states under certain conditions. |
NGRI is a type of monitoring of individuals found not guilty because of insanity but not in need of hospitalization. |
A pardon is an act of forgiveness given by the state via the S.C. Board of Paroles and Pardons for any crime committed by an individual. |
The pardon hearing date is when a pardon consideration case will be heard by the parole board. |
Parole is a conditional release given by the S.C. Board of Paroles and Pardons. It allows an individual to service a portion of their incarceration in the community with specific conditions under the supervision of the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. |
The parole hearing date is the date a parole consideration case will be heard by the parole board. |
An individual’s parole max out is how long the individual will be under supervision if released on parole. |
Individuals on Conditional Discharge have entered a plea of guilty or have been found guilty in a trial, but the court, without entering a judgment of guilt and with the consent of the accused, defers further proceedings and places the individual on probation upon terms and conditions as the court requires. |
PTUP cases are terminated upon the complete payment of all court-ordered or statutorily authorized financial obligations. |
Split probation is a sentence when a period of incarceration and a period of supervision in the community is ordered. |
Straight probation is a sentence when supervision in the community is ordered. |
Rescission is the withdrawal of parole or provisional parole before the order becomes effective. |
A revocation is the early termination of supervision and the activation of an incarceration sentence resulting from a willful violation of the conditions of supervision. |
A risk level is the likelihood, determined by a validated actuarial risk/needs assessment, that an individual will commit a new crime. |
A SCDC number is a unique identification number used by SCDC to identify a current or previously incarcerated individual. |
A SID number is a unique state identification number assigned by the S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to individuals who have come into contact with any law enforcement entity in the state. |
Supervised Furlough 2 is an early release program that allows individuals to be released into the community to serve the last six months of their sentence. Only individuals who have an offense that was committed on or after June 14, 1993, are eligible. |
Supervised Furlough 2A is an early release program that allows individuals to be released into the community to serve the last six months of their sentence. Most are required to be on electronic monitoring for the duration of their release. Only individuals who have an offense that was committed on or after June 13, 1983, and before June 14, 1993, are eligible. |
Individuals who are not required to participate in a community supervision program and who have been incarcerated for a minimum of two years shall be released to the Supervised Reentry Program one hundred eighty days before their release date. |
A suspended sentence is the amount of time prison time ordered by the judge at sentencing that an individual must serve at the SCDC should a violation of probation resulting in a revocation occur. |
A type of supervision by the SCDPPPS of an individual who is on GPS monitoring but does not have any open cases. |
A statement, either written or recorded, by the victim(s) or family of the victim(s) of a crime provided to the court or S.C. Board of Paroles and Pardons at a hearing. |
The YOA is an indeterminate sentence of up to six years for individuals aged 17 but less than 25 at the time of conviction. |