SCDPPPS promotes public safety through coordination with all other federal, state and local criminal justice agencies and through the supervision of offenders in the community in concert with the following principles:

We promote offender compliance with conditions of supervision by enforcing a variety of graduated sanctions and evidence-based supervision practices that encourage accountability. Our Probation and Parole Law Enforcement Officers assist offenders in understanding and meeting their legal obligations and responsibilities.

Offender case management is based on the development and implementation of a supervision plan created by the supervising Law Enforcement Officer. SCDPPPS devotes the most time, effort and resources on offenders at a high-risk of re-offending. Our agency’s interventions focus on dynamic risk issues and other factors that contribute to the offender's success.

In order to help offenders successfully complete their supervision period, SCDPPPS interventions promote the offender's ability to make positive changes in his or her life. Our agency takes specific actions in response to potential problems that may interfere with the successful completion of offender supervision.