S.C. Code Ann. § 24-3-45 – Deductions from wages of inmates engaging in paid employment in the community; use of funds for victim assistance; coordination with restitution orders

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of money generated by inmates engaged in work at paid employment in the community, the director of the Department of Corrections shall deduct the following from the gross wages of the prisoner:
1. (1) ten percent must be placed on deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to a special account to support victim assistance programs established pursuant to the "Victims of Crime Act of 1984", Public Law 98-473, Title II, Chapter XIV, Section 1404; and
2. (2) ten percent must be retained by the department to support services provided by the department to victims of the incarcerated population.
  At the close of the fiscal year, any excess funds not expended by the department to support victim services reverts to the victim assistance programs account as described in item (1) of this section and as mandated pursuant to Section 24-3-40(A)(2). By September first of each year, the department shall provide an accounting to the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee describing the expenditure of the retained funds and the services that were provided.
(B) The deductions provided pursuant to subsection (A) of this section apply only if restitution to a particular victim or victims has not been ordered by the court or if court-ordered restitution to a particular victim or victims has been satisfied. Otherwise restitution must be satisfied before deductions are made pursuant to subsection (A) of this section.