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2018 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 24 - Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons
CHAPTER 3 - STATE PRISON SYSTEM
Section 24-3-970. Use of a social networking site by an inmate to contact a victim; penalty.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 24-3-970 (2018)
It is unlawful for an inmate, or a person acting on behalf of or enabling an inmate, to utilize any Internet-based social networking website for purposes of harassing, intimidating, or otherwise contacting a crime victim. An inmate or person acting on behalf of an inmate utilizing an Internet-based social networking website for purposes described herein is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
The provisions of this section apply only to inmates incarcerated in a State Department of Corrections facility.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 234, Section 1, eff June 18, 2012.
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