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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. --" v SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ANNUAI~ REPORT 1990-1991 Printed Under The Direction Of The State Budget And Control Board • '1 , --- - IWn EX 1986 EX 1921 Chanu ADMISSIONS 7,397 11,433· 54.6% Average Age 29 29 None Non-Whites 57% 65% 8% Females 8% 9% I'll Youthful OtTender Act 860 1,488 73.0% Sentence Length 4 yrs. 10 mos. 4yrs.8mos. -2mos Life Sentences 98 95 -3 RELEASES 6,369 10,021· 57.3% Inmates Paroled 1,616 2,105 30.0% Parolees us % of Releases 25% 21% ·4% Average Time Served t yr. to mos. t yr. 10 mos. None Average: Custody Population 9,299 15,810 70.0% Jurisdiction Population 10,755 17,641 64.0% Time to Serve 4 yrs.l mth. 3 yrs. 11 mas. - 2 mos. Most Serious Offenses (Total Inmate Population): Dangerous Drugs 8.9% 20.6% 11.7% Burglary 11.0% 14.5% 3.5% Larceny 17.0% 10.4% -6.6% Homicide 13.3% 10.2% -3.1% Robbery 13./) % 9.4% -3.6% Assault 7.6% 6.6% .1.0% Sexual Assault 6.8% 6.5% -0.3% *Included In this figure are 83 Shock Probation admissions, 309 Restitution Center admissions, 386 Shock Probation releases, and 298 Restitution Center releases. seDe Division or Resource & Information Management Lorraine T. Fowler, Ph.D., Director· Rev. Nov. '91 Soutb Carolina's Crime Rate Last Six Years Has Ranked 29th or Higher Nationally 1990 Crime Rate (per lO,OOO persons): 604 crimes 1990 National Ranldng: 13th 1990 Violent Crime Rate (per 100,000 persons): 977 Soutb Carolina's Incarceration Rate Last Six Years Has Ranked lst or 2nd Nationally 1990 Incarceration Rate (per 100,000 persons): 451 1990 National Ranking: lst Overall SCDC Recidivism Rate: 32 percent \ People in Soutb Carolina July 1, 1989, Provisional Population Estimate: 3,519,000 Estimated Growth Between 1980 and 1989: 12.8% Projected Growth Between 1980 and 1991: 13.5% 1987 Population at Risk (males 17 to 39): 681,700 1991 Projected Population at Risk (males 17 to 39): 703,300 Comparative Qperatjm~ Costs Per In-State Student Cost at USC for 1991·92: $5,920 Per Capita Income in S.C. (1990): $15,151 Per Capita Income in U.S. (1990): $18,691 S.c. Annual Per Inmate Costs (all (unds) FY '91: $12,451 Same Costs in FY '86: $10,471 Percentage Increase, FY '91 Over FY '86: 18.9% , seDe Division or Resource & Inrormatlon Management Lorraine T. Fowler, Ph.D., Director· Rev. Nov. '91 south carolina department of corrections P.O. BOX 21787/4444 BROAD RIVER ROAD/COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROUNA 29221·1787 TELEPHONE (803) 737·8S55 PARKER EVAlT, Commissioner October 15, 1991 The Honorable Carroll A. Campbell Governor of South Carolina State House Post Office Box 11369 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Dear Governor Campbell: I am pleased to submit the Annual Report of the Board of Corrections and the Commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Corrections for the period July 1, 1990, to June 30, 1991. As I begin my fifth year as Commissioner, it is a privilege to report to you that the level of professionalism at the Department of Corrections is outstanding, ,md the morale among the workforce is high, This Annual Report reflects the dedicated and conscientious effort made on behalf of the people of South Carolina by the 5,944 employees of the Department of Corrections during the past fiscal year, The Department, within the resources provided, successfully met the challenge to accommodate an ever increasing prison population and comply with statutory andjudicial standards for a modem prison system. I am confidentthat, in the year ahead, both the employees and the leadership of the Department will be equal to these continuing tasks and the new challenges which face us. The Annual Report contains information on the Department's statutory authority, history, correctional institutions, personnel, programs, and the inmate population (including exten sive statistical data.) We hope the Report will be informative and useful to you, to Members of the General Assembly, and to others who require information about South Carolina's prison operations. Very truly yours, $~~;tf-- Parker Evatt Encl: SCDC Annual Report, FY '90-91 BOARD OF GOETZ B. EATON ROBERT M. HARRELSON NORM.A.N KIRKLAND C. LOCK MCKINNON MILTON SMITH CORRECTIONS Anderson. S.C. Mullins, S.C. Bamberg. S.C. lancaster, S.C. Spartanburg, S.C. GOV. CARROll A. CAMPBEll, JR., Member Ex·OfflCio, Columbia, S.C. ( \ South Carolina Department of Corrections Annual Report Fiscal Year 1990-91 Table of Contents Tables and Figures Listing ......................................................................................... .iii South Carolina Board of Corrections ............................................................................ 1 The Commissioner........................................................................................................ 1 Mission Statement. ........................................................................................................ 2 Visions and Values ........................................................................................................3 Historical Perspective ................................................................................................... 4 Directory of Key Administrators ................................................................................... 8 Organizational Chart................................................................................................... 10 Department Organization............................................................................................ 11 Institutions ................................................................................................................... 15 Descriptive Listing ...................................................................................... 16 Location Map.............................................................................................. 18 Outstanding Employees .............................................................................................. 19 Significant Developments in 1991 .............................................................................. 20 Plylerv. Evatt (originally Nelson v. Leeke) Highlights ............................................. 23 Legislation ................................................................................................................... 25 Fiscal Information....................................................................................................... 26 Grant Assistance ......................................................................................... 28 Publications and Documents .......................................................................................30 Inmate and Personnel Statistics .................................................................................. 33 Appendices .................................................................................................................. 91 scne Annual Report FY '90·91 ii Tables and Figures South Carolina Department of Corrections (Data are for Fiscal Year 1991, Unless Otherwise Noted) (* As Of June 30, 1991) 1. Institutions and Centers ............................................................................................................. 16 2. Expenditures ............................................................................................................................... 27 3. Per Inmate Costs. Fiscal Years 1981-1991 ................................................................................ 35 4. Average Inmate Population. Calendar Years 1968-1991.. ........................................................ 37 , 5. Average Inmate Population. Fiscal Years 1968-1991. .............................................................. 39 6. Admissions and Releases ........................................................................................................... 41 '\ 7. Distribution of Admissions by Committing County and Correctional Region. ........................ 44 ) 8. Offense Distribution of Inmates Admitted ................................................................................ 47 ( I 9. Most Serious Offense of Inmates Admitted .............................................................................. 49 ( { 10. Sentence Length Distribution of Inmates Admitted ................................................................ 51 - \ 11. Age Distribution of Inmates Admitted ................................................................................... .53 \ ,I ~~ 12. Distribution by Committing Planning Districts of Inmates Admitted .................................... 55 / 13. Distribution by Committing Judicial. Districts of Inmates Admitted ..................................... .57 I j 14. Distribution by Committing County and Correctional Region of Inmate Population* ........... 60 15. Offense Distribution of Total Inmate Population* .................................................................. 63 \ 16. Most Serious Offense Distribution of Total Inmate Population* ............................................ 65 l 17. Sentence Length Distribution of Total Inmate Population* .................................................... 67 I 18. Age Distribution of Total Inmate Population* ........................................................................ 69 19. Age at Time of Admission of Total Inmate Population* .........................................................71 20. Security Level Distribution of SCDC Total Inmate Population* ............................................73