State of South Carolina

Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services

NIKKI R. HALEY

JERRY B. ADGER

Governor

Director

2221 DEVINE STREET, SUITE 600

POST OFFICE BOX 50666
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA 29250
Telephone: (803) 734-9220
Facsimile: (803) 734-9440

www.dppps.sc.gov/

Columbia The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services
(SCDPPPS) is celebrating its seventy-fifth year of existence. The Agency was
established in October 1941 when Governor Burnett Maybank signed the bill creating it
with a budget of $27,000 and only eight parole Agents. In 75 years, the Department has
greatly expanded its responsibilities and is one of the leading community supervision
agencies in the nation.
Throughout its history, the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon
Services has filled a unique and vital role in our criminal justice system, Governor Nikki
Haley said in congratulating the agency. We share your pride in the day-to-day
operations and national recognitions the agency has received.
Last year, SCDPPPS had a little more than 600 employees, 422 of which were Certified
Law Enforcement Agents, with a budget of $55 million, half of which is funded by
offender fees. SCDPPPS had an active supervisory population of nearly 29,000.
SCDPPPSs responsibilities include supervising sex offenders on 24/7 GPS monitoring
and the Ignition Interlock program for DUI offenders. However, the vast majority of its
supervisory population report in person to Probation/Parole Agents at offices in all 46
counties.
SCDPPPS also provides support services to the seven-member Board of Paroles and
Pardons, which will hold nearly 4,000 parole and pardon hearings this year. The
SCDPPPS Victim Services Division one of the first in the nation when it was formed in
1986 -- assisted more than 1,500 victims of crime last year to ensure they were aware
of upcoming hearings and developments in their cases.
In 1997, the Board of Paroles and Pardons became one of the first in the nation to begin
holding hearings through teleconferencing inmate testimony directly from prisons. Prior
to that, inmates had to be transported to the only hearing facility in Columbia -- creating

additional costs and security issues.

Over the years, SCDPPPS mission has evolved to rely more on community-based
alternatives to incarceration and less on imprisonment. Implementation of the 2010
Omnibus Crime Reduction and Sentencing Reform Act put the Agency in the forefront of
the national effort to reduce prison populations. Since 2010, the Department of
Corrections inmate population has been reduced by more than a 1,500, saving South
Carolinas taxpayers nearly $25 million.
Last year, 77 percent of probationers and 84 percent of parolees completed their terms
of supervision successfully, one of the highest rates in the nation.
I am exceedingly proud of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and
Pardon Services and its mission to our states citizens over the years, said Agency
Director Jerry Adger.
In 75 years, we have adapted and met the various duties given to us by the governor
and legislature. Our employees have performed admirably in a sometimes thankless
task to make the citizens of our state safe. At the same time, we have worked hard to
enable thousands of offenders to rehabilitate themselves and live lives of meaning and
responsibility.
The S.C. Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services supervises nearly
29,000 criminal offenders placed on probation by the courts, paroled by the state
Board of Paroles and Pardons or serving other forms of community supervision.
For more information please contact Pete OBoyle, Public Information Director,
SCDPPPS, (803) 734-9267 or (803) 667-2214.
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