H3135

South Carolina H3135 allows inmates to communicate with visitors using electronic devices while ensuring in-person visitation rights are not.

South Carolina H3135 amends the state code to ensure that inmates cannot be unreasonably denied in-person visitation rights and that jails, detention facilities, correctional facilities, or prisons cannot prohibit or limit such visits. The bill also permits the use of video or other electronic devices for inmate communication with visitors, but these methods are supplementary to in-person visits. Visitation privileges may be temporarily suspended for reasons such as misbehavior or emergencies. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.