Agency Reports to the Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee
2024 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
2023 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
2022 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
2021 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
2020 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
2017 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
2016 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
2015 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
2014 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
2013 Sentencing Reform and Oversight Committee Report (PDF)
Sentencing Reform Overview 2024
The department has implemented supervision strategies that resulted in the reduction of recidivism and the financial impact on the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) while maintaining public safety. Compared to 2010 baseline data, in FY 2024 South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (SCDPPPS) has achieved a:
- 63% (-2,067) Reduction of compliance revocation admissions to SCDC
- 58% (-3,305) Overall reduction in supervision revocation rates
- 57% (-2,708) Reduction in compliance revocation rates
- 68% (-597) Reduction in new offense revocation rates
- 53% (-14,387) Overall reduction in the issuance of legal process (i.e., warrants and citations)
- 19% (-1,184) Overall reduction in administrative hearings
Cost Avoidance 2024
For the tenth year in a row, compared to the baseline numbers the department has successfully reduced the impact on SCDC by reducing the number of offenders revoked for compliance violations and subsequently admitted to SCDC. This year’s cost avoidance is $24,608,361. This is a 482% increase since FY 2010 and a 1% increase since FY 2023.
Revocation Decline Since the Passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 2010
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Reduction in Process
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| FY 2024—Cost Avoidance Calculations for the Sentencing Reform Act* | |
| FY 2024 SCDPPPS avoided bed-days | 849,987 |
| Variable cost avoidance | $12,316,312 |
| Step-fixed cost avoidance | $12,292,049 |
| Total cost avoidance for FY 2024 | $24,608,361 |
| Maximum reinvestment ($24,608,361 X 35%) | $8,612,926 |
| *Numbers are rounded. | |
Reduction in Compliance Revocation Admissions to SCDC
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Total Cost Avoidance ($171,397,128) and Total Maximum Reinvestment ($59,576,317)
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-2,067 – Total reduction in compliance revocation admissions to SCDC from FY 2010 through 2024.
$171,397,128 – SCDPPPS’ total cost avoidance for Sentencing Reform from FY 2011 through 2024.
$59,576,317 – SCDPPPS’ total proposed maximum investment from FY 2011 through 2024.
Cost Avoidance Methodology
- In FY 2012, the Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee (SROC) received technical assistance from the VERA Institute of Justice to design a model to calculate the cost avoidance to SCDC.
- The cost avoidance model with FY 2023 data is located on page 21 of the appendix. The model provides a description of all variables used to generate the total cost avoidance.