The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Service's Accountability Report for the period Fiscal Year 1996-97 is submitted herein.

The mission, objectives and performance measures for the report were developed by the Department's executive management team which is composed of the Director, Deputy Directors and Chief Legal Counsel. The activities of the Department represent an ongoing collaboration between management and employees through a variety of quality management methods.

Questions regarding the content of the report should be directed to Tom Cleary, Deputy Director for Administration, at .

Executive Summary

The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services is the only state agency mandated to provide community supervision to criminal offenders who have been placed on probation by the General Sessions Court, released from prison by the Board of Paroles and Pardons, or released through legislatively mandated early release programs. The Department is mandated to operate a variety of community supervision programs for criminal offenders. The Department is authorized to conduct pre-sentence investigations for use by the Court and pre-parole and pre-pardon investigations for the Board of Paroles and Pardons.

The program priorities listed in this report reflect the areas where workload is highest based on the Department's Mission Statement.

The performance measures used in this report are primarily workload based due to the responsibilities for offender oversight and management as well as the development of investigations for use by the Parole and Pardon Board.

Mission Statement

To promote public safety.

To appropriately supervise those offenders who are placed under the Department's jurisdiction;

To investigate cases, assemble information, and make sound recommendations for use by the Courts and Board of Paroles and Pardons, to assist them in their decision-making processes;

To accomplish this mission, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services will:

• Develop, operate and evaluate a variety of community sanctions and supervision capacities for offenders under the Department's jurisdiction;

• Provide assistance to victims to include keeping them informed of the status of their respective cases.

• Enhance the public's awareness of the Department's mission, vision and policies;

• Develop, implement and review policies and procedures to ensure that the aforesaid are properly accomplished.

The People We Serve: (Alphabetically Arranged)

APPLICANTS
FOR PARDONS

BOARD OF
PAROLES AND
PARDONS

CLERKS OF COURT

COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES

COUNTY AND CITY
GOVERNMENTS

FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT

GENERAL PUBLIC

GOVERNOR

HUMAN RESOURCE
AGENCIES

JOB APPLICANTS

JUDGES

LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES

LEGISLATURE

NATIONAL AND
LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS

OFFENDER
POPULATION

OTHER STATE
AGENCIES

OUT OF STATE
AGENCIES

PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE
RESEARCHERS

PUBLIC
ATTORNEYS

SCDPPPS STAFF

SOLICITORS

VICTIMS

PROGRAM NAME: Offender Supervision

RANK: 1

PROGRAM COST: $29,244,883

PROGRAM GOAL:
To appropriately supervise those offenders who are placed under the Department's jurisdiction and to promote public safety.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To engage in selective interventions that are calculated to reduce the likelihood of future criminal conduct. To structure intervention responses in ways that are designed to maximize the Department's resources.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

PROGRAM NAME: Parole and Pardon Case Preparation

RANK: 2

PROGRAM COST: $3,432,877

PROGRAM GOAL:
To investigate cases, assemble information, and make sound recommendations for use by the Courts and Board of Paroles and Pardons, to assist them in their decision making process.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To deliver timely and accurate information to the Board. To notify victims, sheriffs, solicitors, judges and inmates of upcoming parole and pardon hearings.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

PROGRAM NAME: Columbia and Spartanburg Restitution Centers

RANK: 3

PROGRAM COST: $1,858,253

PROGRAM GOAL:
To appropriately supervise those offenders placed in the Department's statutorily created Restitution Centers and to promote public safety.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To require offenders to be gainfully employed and to distribute monies to pay victims restitution and other obligations (e.g. fines, child support, per diem) as ordered by the Court.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

PROGRAM NAME: Charleston Community Control Center

RANK: 4

PROGRAM COST: $894,953

PROGRAM GOAL:
To appropriately supervise those offenders placed in the Department's statutorily created Community Control Center and to promote public safety.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To provide a controlled, highly regimented, structured program environment within which selective interventions are provided to reduce the likelihood of future criminal conduct.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

PROGRAM NAME: Paroles and Pardons Board Operations

RANK: 5

PROGRAM COST: $208,589

PROGRAM GOAL:
To consider statutorily eligible inmates for parole and statutorily eligible individuals who apply for pardons.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To review information in advance of parole or pardon hearings, to conduct hearings, and to make decisions on parole or pardon on those cases presented.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:

Note: Administration Budget Program expenses are included on a proportional basis in all Program Costs noted above.