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The State of South Carolina
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
CHARLES MOLONY CONDON
ATTORNEY GENERAL
January 2, 1996
Mr. Jerry A. Hyatt
Regional Administrator/Executive Director
Santee-Lynches Regional Jail System
1281 North Main Street
Sumter, South Carolina 29153
In Re: Informal Opinion
Dear Mr. Hyatt:
You have asked a number of questions concerning the disposition of prisoners after
being sentenced by the court of General Sessions. You note that
[a] local facility might accumulate thirty-six prisoners during
a local term of court, but it may take several weeks to
dispense the prisoners to the Department of Corrections.
These restrictions and delays require extra trips to Columbia,
increase the cost of transportation, increase man hours away
from local jails which reduces security, add to unwarranted
overcrowding problems, and increase liability due to excessive
road travel.
Specifically, you ask the following questions:
1. If an inmate from a local jail is sentenced to the
Department of Corrections for more than 91 days,
when does the inmate become a State inmate?
2. What authority would allow the Department of Correc-
tions to refuse, at any time, an inmate who is duly
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