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Bond is decided by a local judge who comes to the jail. Hearings run in the front lobby of the Detention Center, not at the courthouse. City judges handle charges written by the City of Camden. County magistrates take the rest. Under S.C. Code 22-5-510(B), nobody should wait longer than 24 hours for that hearing.

The county posts this twice-daily schedule:

• City judges: 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., seven days a week.
• Magistrates: 8:00 a.m. on weekdays, and 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. every day, weekends too.

The county warns these hours may shift. Phone 803-425-1516, reach Booking and confirm which session your person is on. The jail stands at 101 Bramblewood Plantation Road, Camden, SC 29020, facing the high school. Show up 15 to 20 minutes ahead and sit quietly until an officer calls for you.

The big exception: murder, plus anything punishable by execution or by life imprisonment. A magistrate lacks the power to bond those cases out, so a circuit judge sets a separate hearing later (S.C. Code 22-5-510(A)).

South Carolina tilts toward release. For a noncapital charge, S.C. Code 17-15-10 has the person go home on their word unless the judge finds that won't bring them back or that someone would be in danger. The judge then chooses among these:

• Recognizance. A signature and a promise. Nothing is paid unless the person skips court.
• Cash. Every dollar of the bond, handed over in cash. At the lobby hearing it goes to the judge directly (S.C. Code 22-5-530).
• Surety. A state-licensed bondsman guarantees the court the whole amount; your cost is the bondsman's fee.
• Ten percent. With the judge's OK, a cash deposit of a tenth or less goes to the clerk of court. No ten-percent route exists if the charge is violent, nor for a gun felony picked up while already out on bond (S.C. Code 17-15-15).
• Electronic monitor. GPS can replace money or ride along with it (S.C. Code 17-15-35).

Any release carries three built-in strings: show up for every court date, don't leave the state, and stay out of trouble (S.C. Code 17-15-20). Judges often tack on more, like keeping away from the alleged victim.

Nobody hands out a menu of prices. Each judge sizes the bond for one person and one charge. S.C. Code 17-15-30 lets the judge look at the offense, family, work, finances, character, years lived here, record, and any history of running or missing court.

Some items are required reading for the judge. Those include pending charges elsewhere, any bond the person is out on right now, whether their name sits in the gang database, and unlawful presence together with flight risk. Police supply that history no later than the hearing itself (S.C. Code 22-5-510(E)).

Top penalties give a feel for how much weight a charge carries:

• Assault and battery, third degree: $500 fine and 30 days at most (S.C. Code 16-3-600(E)(2))
• Shoplifting worth $2,000 or less: $1,000 and 30 days at most
• Shoplifting between $2,000 and $10,000: a felony, five years at most (S.C. Code 16-13-110(B))
• Felony classes run from Class F, five years, up to Class A, 30 years (S.C. Code 16-1-20)
• Murder: death, or 30 years at the least and as long as life (S.C. Code 16-3-20(A))

For the dollar figure in your case, ring Booking at 803-425-1516 once the hearing is over.

In this county, the judge and the money meet in the same room: the jail lobby at 101 Bramblewood Plantation Road, Camden, SC 29020. Work through it like this:

1. Phone 803-425-1516 and get Booking on the line. Give the full legal name, then jot down each charge and the session time.
2. Walk into the front lobby about 15 or 20 minutes early with your photo ID.
3. Carry cash if you expect a cash bond. The county's family handbook states that cash is the only thing the judge can accept at that hearing.
4. Planning on a bondsman? Line one up before the session. They tell you what slice of the bond you owe and file the release paperwork.
5. Once the bond is turned in, the clock starts: release must follow within a reasonable time, no more than four hours (S.C. Code 22-5-510(B)).

Smoking is banned everywhere on the property, even outdoors, and smokers are asked to leave.

Most bonds here are settled in the jail lobby, but not all. When a circuit judge sets the bond, or allows a 10 percent deposit, the paperwork runs through the Clerk of Court. Use the place that matches your case:

• Clerk of Court, county courthouse, 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-425-7223. Reach the office in business hours. Ask the amount, the forms of payment taken and the papers to bring.
• Camden Municipal Court, City Hall, 1000 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-432-2421. Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ask the court staff about a city case.
• Elgin Municipal Court, Town Hall, 2469 Main Street, Elgin, SC 29045, 803-438-2362. Ring ahead for its days and payment rules.

Hold on to your money until a clerk confirms the exact figure and method.

Paper bills are what the lobby judge can take. The county handbook for families spells out that cash alone may be given to the judge there. Bring the right amount so nobody has to make change.

• Through a bondsman: terms vary from one company to the next, inside state limits. Read the contract first.
• At the Clerk of Court: phone 803-425-7223 to hear which kinds of payment the office takes for a deposit.
• Online: the city and Elgin both link a Judicial Branch payment page. It handles traffic tickets and fines, not jail bonds.

Mailing cash is a mistake that can't be undone. If anything is unclear, check with Booking at 803-425-1516 before you drive over.

Bondsmen in this state answer to the South Carolina Department of Insurance, which licenses them. S.C. Code 38-53-170 caps what they charge and limits how they act:

• The fee, or premium, can't go over 15 percent of the bond. The smallest legal fee is $100 or a tenth of the bond, whichever is more.
• Installment deals need $100 or more down and must wrap up inside 18 months.
• That premium pays for the service. It never comes back to you.
• No bondsman may hunt for clients at a courthouse, a magistrate's office or the jail, and none may steer you to a certain attorney.
• Did you pledge a car title or similar? Expect that title back no later than day ten after the bondsman's duty ends. A bench warrant can delay that.
• Owing part of the premium is not, on its own, grounds to hand the person back to jail (S.C. Code 38-53-50(B)).

Look up a license with the license search the Department points to. File complaints with the Department of Insurance, 1201 Main Street, Suite 1000, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-737-6160.

Every bond is tied to a single case. Anything else on file can keep the door shut:

• Warrants from elsewhere. A hold placed by a different county, or by another state, can take priority.
• Two local cases. A Camden ticket and a county warrant need two separate bonds.
• Supervision. A probation or parole agent with the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services can place a hold. The county office directory lists the local office.
• Repeat violent charges. Under S.C. Code 17-15-55(C), an arrest for another violent or firearm felony during a bond on such a charge wipes out the old bond by law, and a hearing in circuit court must follow inside 30 days.
• GPS orders. Release waits until the monitor is fitted.
• Federal or ICE holds. Each is explained in its own answer on this page.

Before you spend a cent, have Booking at 803-425-1516 list each hold on the file.

Only for a narrow set of charges. Article I, section 15 of the state constitution makes three exceptions: capital crimes, crimes punished by life in prison, and violent crimes named by lawmakers, with due weight given to the proof. The same section forbids excessive bail.

Lawmakers keep the violent list in S.C. Code 16-1-60. It names carjacking, kidnapping, burglary in the first or second degree, armed robbery and murder, plus other crimes. Most of those charges leave a magistrate free to set bond or turn it down. As a rule, a circuit judge sets bond when death or life is on the table. First-degree burglary is the one exception: a summary court may hear that bond unless the solicitor objects (S.C. Code 17-15-10(B)).

Victims have a seat at that table. Police owe them advance word of the hearing, they can address the judge, and late notice forces a delay (S.C. Code 16-3-1525).

The prosecutor on the other side of the room is the Fifth Circuit Solicitor's Office. Its local office is at 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-425-7672.

The lobby hearing is not the last word. Under S.C. Code 17-15-55, a General Sessions judge is allowed to revisit the amount a magistrate or city judge picked. The court can also rewrite release terms after notice and a hearing (S.C. Code 17-15-50).

1. Have a defense lawyer put a motion in writing and file it with the Clerk of Court.
2. Gather proof that the person is rooted here: recent paychecks, a rent receipt, family who will vouch.
3. Write down the most the family could really raise.
4. Offer trade-offs the judge may like better, such as GPS, a curfew or a no-contact order.

To get a motion on the calendar, call the Clerk of Court at 803-425-7223.

Help can start at intake. According to the county's family handbook, a booking officer screens every new arrival, and that person can apply for a public defender right then.

Applying means signing an affidavit, a sworn statement, about income and assets (S.C. Code 17-3-45). A $40 application fee applies, and the clerk may shrink or drop it when paying is impossible (S.C. Code 17-3-30). Parents sign for a child and owe the fee.

• Public defender office for this county: 803-425-7237
• Fifth Circuit public defender: 803-929-6150
• South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, 1330 Lady Street, Suite 401, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-734-1343

Ring the county office to get its street address or to follow up on an application.

Bond gets set at the jail. After that, the case travels to one of these:

• Court of General Sessions, for felonies and the larger misdemeanors, at the county courthouse, 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020. Clerk of Court: 803-425-7223.
• Magistrate Court, for small county charges and preliminary hearings. The Clerk of Court line above can tell you which magistrate office has the file.
• Camden Municipal Court, for city charges, City Hall, 1000 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-432-2421.
• Elgin Municipal Court, for town charges, Town Hall, 2469 Main Street, Elgin, SC 29045, 803-438-2362.
• U.S. District Court, for federal crimes, housed in Matthew J. Perry, Jr. U.S. Courthouse, 901 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-765-5816.

Charges out of Bethune: phone the Clerk of Court to learn where they're filed.

Cash put up for a bond is returned when it has done its job. Whoever paid applies to the court once the case wraps up (S.C. Code 17-15-220). A 10 percent deposit is refunded once the person has kept every condition, though restitution may be subtracted (S.C. Code 17-15-15). Whatever went to a bondsman is gone for good.

A no-show changes everything:

• A bench warrant goes out right away.
• The bondsman then has 90 days from the warrant to bring the person back, or the surety bond is forfeited (S.C. Code 38-53-70).
• Missing court willfully adds a new charge. For someone out on a felony, the penalty reaches five years and a $5,000 fine. If the original charge was a misdemeanor with at least a one-year maximum, the cap is one year and $1,000 (S.C. Code 17-15-90).
• If the person missed through no fault of their own, the judge may excuse all of the forfeit or just part (S.C. Code 17-15-180).

Hang on to every receipt. Ask for a refund from the office that took the cash; in General Sessions, phone the Clerk of Court at 803-425-7223.

Ask about money and belongings before the person is let go. Phone the Detention Center at 803-425-1516, ask for Booking, and ask two things: how the remaining account balance is refunded, and what hours items may be collected at 101 Bramblewood Plantation Road, Camden, SC 29020.

Have your photo ID with you. Picking up on someone's behalf? Phone first; staff may insist on written permission from the owner. Our money and deposits page explains jail accounts more broadly.

Federal crimes charged here are filed in the Columbia Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Its judges sit at 901 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-765-5816, with clerk hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

• At the very first appearance, a federal judge weighs freedom against detention (18 U.S.C. 3142).
• Delays are short. A defense request buys at most five days; a government request, at most three. The person waits in custody.
• Pretrial prisoners are the U.S. Marshals Service's to hold. The Columbia office sits in Suite 1300, 901 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-765-5821. Ask there which jail houses the person.
• Once a prison term begins, search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

Yes. Settling the state bond does nothing to an ICE detainer. Steps tend to run like so:

1. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodges paperwork called a detainer (Form I-247A).
2. The form's request: hold the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. State law, S.C. Code 23-3-1100, allows the jail 72 hours to confirm whether a newly charged prisoner is lawfully present. When someone turns out to be here unlawfully, the jail alerts the Department of Homeland Security.
4. During the bond hearing, the judge must weigh unlawful status along with the chance of flight (S.C. Code 22-5-510(D)(4)).
5. ICE officers collect the person. South Carolina's ICE office is at 3950 Faber Place Drive, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-746-9800.
6. Track them on the ICE Online Detainee Locator, using full name and birth country.

Length decides the place. Up to three months usually means the county jail (S.C. Code 24-3-30). Past three months, the South Carolina Department of Corrections takes custody and picks the prison (S.C. Code 24-3-20).

• Intake comes first. The state calls it reception and evaluation, and it decides which prison fits. Families wait on in-person visits during intake unless it stretches beyond 30 days.
• After that, the prisoner is assigned to a long-term facility.
• The state prison inmate search updates nightly, as of midnight the prior day.
• Corrections headquarters: 4444 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29210, 803-896-8500.
• Our list of South Carolina prisons profiles every facility.

Anyone under 18 counts as a child, and the case belongs in Family Court. Not every 17-year-old, though: one accused of a felony graded Class A through D, or of a felony with a 15-year or longer maximum, goes to adult court (S.C. Code 63-19-20(1)).

• The adult jail may keep a child for six hours, no longer. A child of ten or under can't be put behind bars at all (S.C. Code 63-19-820).
• A detention hearing must follow inside 48 hours of the arrest, a clock that pauses for weekends and holidays (S.C. Code 63-19-830).
• Kids who stay detained go to the state-run Juvenile Detention Complex, 1725 Shivers Road, Columbia, SC 29210, 803-896-9440 (visitation line).
• The Department of Juvenile Justice keeps an office in town at 1121 Church St., Camden, SC 29020, 803-432-9171.

The answer turns on the most punishment the charge allows.

• Magistrate and city courts, called summary courts, can try a charge only if its top penalty is a $500 fine, 30 days, or both (S.C. Code 22-3-550; 14-25-65). Shoplifting under $2,000 is an add-on, with a $1,000 cap (S.C. Code 16-13-110). When a jury is picked there, six people sit on it (S.C. Code 22-3-545). Bond hearings and preliminary hearings happen at this level too.
• The Court of General Sessions handles the circuit court's criminal docket. Felonies land there, along with misdemeanors too heavy for a summary court, in whichever county the crime took place.

Two counties make up the Fifth Judicial Circuit: this one and Richland (S.C. Code 14-5-610). Local General Sessions terms are held at the courthouse, 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, and its Clerk of Court answers at 803-425-7223 during business hours.

Here is where cases are heard, with a number for each:

• General Sessions, county courthouse, 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020. Clerk of Court: 803-425-7223, business hours.
• Bond hearings, jail lobby, 101 Bramblewood Plantation Road, Camden, SC 29020. Booking: 803-425-1516.
• Magistrate Court: the Clerk of Court can name the office that has a case. Jury questions for magistrate or traffic court go to 803-425-7226.
• Camden Municipal Court, City Hall, 1000 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-432-2421, open 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.
• Elgin Municipal Court, Town Hall, 2469 Main Street, Elgin, SC 29045, 803-438-2362.
• U.S. District Court, Columbia Division, 901 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-765-5816.

Yes, each has its own court for charges written inside its limits.

Camden Municipal Court works from the second floor of City Hall, 1000 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-432-2421, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

• Bench trials, with the judge alone deciding, begin at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesdays.
• Jury trials come once a month, and the date arrives by mail.
• Once a month the Fifth Circuit Solicitor's Office runs preliminary hearings there.
• Electronic devices are not allowed in court.
• Paying a fine in person? Cash, a certified bank check, a money order or a card all work; cards add 3 percent. Card payments by phone add 6 percent. Mailed payments must be a certified bank check or money order with your name, address and ticket or warrant number. No personal checks.
• Parking tickets are handled at the Police Department, 816 W. DeKalb Street, Camden, SC 29020, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Elgin Municipal Court meets at Town Hall, 2469 Main Street, Elgin, SC 29045, 803-438-2362. Phone for its court days.

Both link a Judicial Branch page for paying fines and tickets online. For a Bethune charge, the Clerk of Court at 803-425-7223 can tell you where it will be heard.

A judge must see the person within one day of the arrest (S.C. Code 22-5-510(B)). Here, the judge comes to the jail instead of the other way around.

• Officers hand over the person's rap sheet, unresolved charges and notice of any current bond (S.C. Code 22-5-510(E)).
• A victim who wants to speak gets the chance. Late notice to the victim forces a delay (S.C. Code 16-3-1525).
• The judge picks a bond type and adds any rules, like GPS or no contact.
• A public defender application can be started; the county guide says it can begin at booking.

For a charge too serious for magistrate court to try, the defense has a right to a preliminary hearing if it asks in writing no later than 10 days past the bond hearing (Rule 2(a), SCRCrimP). At that hearing a magistrate decides if the State has enough proof for the case to move up. Hearing times are available from the Detention Center at 803-425-1516.

Small cases usually start with a ticket or an arrest warrant. After bond is set, the court schedules a trial date. On that date the person can plead guilty, have the judge decide, or ask for six jurors.

• Third-degree assault and battery: $500, 30 days, or both, as the most a judge may give (S.C. Code 16-3-600(E)(2))
• Shoplifting goods worth $2,000 or less: a fine of up to $1,000, jail of up to 30 days, or both (S.C. Code 16-13-110(B))
• Several summary court sentences in a row: capped at 90 days total (S.C. Code 22-3-550(B))

Heavier misdemeanors are heard in General Sessions. The class sets the cap: a year for C, two years for B, three for A (S.C. Code 16-1-20).

A person aged 17 through 20 facing certain alcohol charges can ask about the Alcohol Education Program. Its $250 fee may be lowered (S.C. Code 17-22-520 and 17-22-550). Ask the Solicitor's diversion office at 803-576-1649.

1. Bond. A magistrate sets it in the jail lobby, or a circuit judge does for death-or-life charges.
2. Preliminary hearing. Held in magistrate court if the defense asked on time.
3. Transfer up. The file moves to General Sessions at 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, and the Solicitor's Office studies the evidence.
4. Plea or trial. A circuit judge presides.
5. Sentence. The judge imposes it if there is a conviction.

The felony ladder climbs five years per class, from 5 for Class F up through 10, 15, 20 and 25 to 30 for Class A (S.C. Code 16-1-20). Shoplifting above $2,000 but below $10,000 tops out at five years.

Pretrial Intervention is a second chance mainly for first offenders on nonviolent charges. Completing it leads to a noncriminal ending, and an expungement can be sought afterward (S.C. Code 17-22-150). Applying costs $100 and taking part costs $250, though both fees can be waived for anyone too poor to pay (S.C. Code 17-22-110). The Solicitor's diversion staff take calls at 803-576-1649.

Only crimes named in S.C. Code 16-1-60 count as violent. That roster includes murder and attempted murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, first- or second-degree arson or burglary, and some drug trafficking offenses. A 2026 law added shooting into a home or other building.

• Who sets bond: magistrates may grant or refuse bond on these charges, but a circuit judge alone handles any count punishable by death or life.
• Ten percent deposits: not available (S.C. Code 17-15-15).
• Pretrial Intervention: off limits, as it is for DUI (S.C. Code 17-22-50).
• A second violent arrest while on bond: the earlier bond is revoked by law and goes before circuit court within 30 days (S.C. Code 17-15-55(C)). On top of that, the new offense while on bond is a stand-alone felony with a five-year maximum (S.C. Code 17-15-270).

A murder conviction means 30 years at the least and as much as life, or death (S.C. Code 16-3-20(A)).

Prosecution. General Sessions cases are handled by the Fifth Circuit Solicitor's Office. Locally it works from 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-425-7672. Its headquarters is at 1701 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-576-1800. The Solicitor's website lists its treatment courts for drugs, DUI, mental health and veterans.

Defense. Someone without money for a lawyer can get one appointed. They swear to an affidavit about income. A $40 fee follows, and a clerk can lower it or excuse it for someone who can't pay (S.C. Code 17-3-30).

• Local public defender office: 803-425-7237, which can give its street address
• Fifth Circuit public defender: 803-929-6150
• South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, 1330 Lady Street, Suite 401, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-734-1343

A phone call gets the quickest answer. Keep the full name, birthday and any ticket or warrant number in front of you.

• General Sessions: Clerk of Court, 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-425-7223. Staff there can also say which magistrate office has a small county case.
• City charges: Camden Municipal Court, 1000 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-432-2421.
• Elgin charges: Elgin Municipal Court, 2469 Main Street, Elgin, SC 29045, 803-438-2362.
• Jail bond hearings: Booking, 101 Bramblewood Plantation Road, Camden, SC 29020, 803-425-1516.

Put the date on a calendar and plan to be early. Skipping it can bring a bench warrant and cost the bond.

Sheriff's deputies carry out warrants countywide; city and town officers do the same inside their own limits. For a warrant check, call the Sheriff's warrants division, 821 Ridgeway Road, Lugoff, SC 29078, 803-425-1512, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Wanted lists worth checking: the state's Most Wanted Offenders, kept by Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, and the federal 15 Most Wanted. A court clerk can search by name too. To clear a warrant, plan a surrender, with your attorney, at the issuing court. Some courts will instead set a new date over the phone. For General Sessions, reach the Clerk of Court, 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, 803-425-7223.

The case moves to the Columbia Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Its clerk's office sits inside the federal courthouse, 901 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-765-5816, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

1. Release versus detention is decided when the person first appears before a federal judge (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Either side may get that hearing pushed back briefly: the defense by as many as five days, the government by three.
3. The U.S. Marshals Service picks where pretrial prisoners stay. Its Columbia office is in Suite 1300, 901 Richland Street, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-765-5821.
4. For anyone already sentenced, try the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

Neither. The state charge keeps going while the immigration hold waits behind it.

1. ICE paperwork (Form I-247A, the detainer) is lodged with jail staff.
2. The request covers up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. State law requires a status check within 72 hours for every person jailed on a criminal charge. Homeland Security hears about anyone found lacking lawful status (S.C. Code 23-3-1100).
4. Unlawful presence and flight risk are on the bond judge's must-consider list (S.C. Code 22-5-510(D)(4)).
5. After an ICE pickup, check the ICE Online Detainee Locator. The agency's office for South Carolina is at 3950 Faber Place Drive, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-746-9800.

If ICE moves the person, the defense lawyer should alert the court right away so a missed date isn't counted against them.

Three months is the dividing line. Ninety days or less usually means the county jail (S.C. Code 24-3-30). Longer terms go to the South Carolina Department of Corrections, which assigns the prison (S.C. Code 24-3-20).

• Each new arrival spends time in reception and evaluation, where the state sorts out placement.
• Use the Corrections inmate search once the transfer happens. People held in county jails will not appear there.
• The department's main office: 4444 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29210, 803-896-8500.
• Each prison has a page in our South Carolina prison listings.

Usually Family Court. State law labels people under 18 as children (S.C. Code 63-19-20(1)). Adult court can still take a 17-year-old who faces any felony whose maximum reaches 15 years, or one in the four top classes, A, B, C and D. Such a teen begins in General Sessions.

• A child kept in detention sees a Family Court judge within 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays (S.C. Code 63-19-830).
• For some serious felonies, a teen of 14, 15 or 16 can be sent to adult court once a judge holds a hearing (S.C. Code 63-19-1210).
• Held youth stay at the state Juvenile Detention Complex, 1725 Shivers Road, Columbia, SC 29210, visit line 803-896-9440.
• Department of Juvenile Justice, local office: 1121 Church St., Camden, SC 29020, 803-432-9171.

Family Court dates and locations come from the Clerk of Court at 803-425-7223.

The state constitution gives victims several rights (S.C. Const. art. I, § 24). Victims get notice of each bond hearing and a turn to speak there. Release of the accused triggers a notice to them. They may consult the prosecutor and ask for restitution. Officers must make a real effort to tell them of the arrest and give advance word of the bond hearing (S.C. Code 16-3-1525).

• Custody alerts are free through VINELink South Carolina, or by calling 866-727-2846 with Spanish available.
• Victim-witness staff for the Fifth Circuit Solicitor, whose local office is at 1121 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, answer at 803-576-1890.
• Attorney General's Victim Advocacy Division: 1000 Assembly Street, Room 519, Columbia, SC 29201, 803-737-3739.

One warning for the family of the accused: no calls, texts, posts or go-between messages to the victim. Any contact can break bond terms and bring fresh charges.