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The Fourth Circuit Solicitor’s Office believes in intervention, prevention and treatment as alternatives to incarceration. We have initiated several programs that are intended to help offenders get their lives back on track, and become productive members of society. |
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Programs and Services of the Solicitor’s Office |
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Drug Court addresses the cause of the criminal activity (addiction to drugs) and decreases the likelihood of a return to that criminal activity. Through a strict and disciplined rehabilitation program, participants are given a chance to recover from the addiction that led to their crime and build a new life in recovery; to find a better quality of life for the individual and the community. It is a win/win situation for all involved. The addict gets a chance for a new life. The law is enforced. The cost to the taxpayer is reduced while maintaining public safety. Contact: Bobbie Godwin (843) 623 5460 |
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Pretrial Intervention is designed for first-time offenders who have been charged with non-violent crimes. Counseling, education, community service and other requirements like restitution allows offenders to have their criminal records expunged. |
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Chesterfield & Marlboro, Contact Bill Overcash: (843) 537-0532 |
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“Juvenile Pretrial Intervention (JPTI) is an excellent opportunity for a youth without a significant criminal record who is charged with a non-violent crime. This program is designed for a person who wants to make a serious effort to turn the situation around and repay the community.”
Jay Hodge, Solicitor |
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Contact: Barbara McLendon (843) 378-7312 |
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“Theft with a pen is more subtle than theft with a weapon, but it is still theft—and it is your loss. Now is the time to call a halt to worthless check fraud.”
Jay Hodge, Solicitor |
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Contact: Check Unit (843) 537-3985 |
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“No child starts out in life with the ambition of becoming a criminal or an addict. The goal of the Fourth Circuit Solicitor’s Office is to offer alternatives and diversions to bad habits. We believe in changing people’s lives instead of throwing them in jail.” Jay Hodge, Solicitor |
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Equine Assisted Therapy is a unique team approach to help participants gain insight into their own behavior and make healthy changes that promote quality of life. Horses are smart and honest beings and because they are powerful beings they can influence people in unique and meaningful ways. Just working around horses gives people the opportunity to overcome fear and develop confidence and self-assurance. Accomplishing a task involving a horse provides a way of learning that can be applied to challenges and problems in everyday life. Contact: Bobbie Godwin |
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This unique restorative justice program gives priority to the restoration of the victim’s physical, material and emotional needs. The program offers an innovative cost-effective method of dealing with juvenile crime that permits the community to take an active role in the justice system. The program is does not take a “cookie cutter” approach to justice. Sanctions are unique and tailored to the needs of everyone involved, from victim to offender. Contact: Tonia Davis (843) 378-7312 |
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Exposing at-risk youth to expression through art opens up worlds to them that they may never have been exposed to, allowing them to explore career possibilities like photography, cinematography, choreography, performance, music, sports-casting, architecture, film and media, graphic arts, wildlife art, landscape art, portraits, dance, and a plethora of fields are open to a mind full of inspiration and dedication. Contact: Gale Baker (843) 623 3265 |
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Youth Arts |
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Fourth Circuit Solicitor's Office |
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During his 1996 election campaign, Solicitor Jay Hodge made a promise to his constituents to create a program to help young people in trouble. In May 1997, the first steps were taken to establish the Youth Mentoring Program for the Fourth Circuit, addressing a circuit wide problem of truancy. In February 1998, the program accepted and placed its first group of young people in Darlington County. Currently, the program is expanding into Dillon, Marlboro and Chesterfield Counties. Contact: Barbara McLendon (843) 378-3335 |
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Drug Court |
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Pretrial Intervention [PTI] for Adults |
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Juvenile Pretrial Intervention (JPTI) |
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Worthless Check Unit |
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Youth Mentoring - A Helping Hand for the Next Generation |
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Equine Assisted Therapy |
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Alcohol Education Program |
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Camp Turn Around & Camp Turning Point. |
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Operation Community Justice |
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Operation Community Justice is about involving citizens in the criminal Justice system. It is about partnerships, problem-solving and healing victims of crime.
Those who break the law must be held accountable for their actions. Those who are the victims of crimes deserve fair treatment and a system that does not re-victimize them. Contact: Jacqueline Ellerbe: (843) 537 9944 |
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Alcohol Education Program targets the underage drinking population; educating them about the fatal consequences of alcohol use and associated high risk behavior.
Participants will be required to undergo programs which consist of counseling, education, community service, and other requirements that may be related to the crime. These will be determined on a case by case basis. Chesterfield & Marlboro Counties—Darlington & Dillon Counties Bill Overcash J. Glenn Beckham Phone: (843) 537-0532 Phone: (843) 378-9984
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Camps Turning Point & Turn Around are in their tenth year serving at risk youth ages 11 to 16 in the Fourth Circuit. For most of these youngsters, it is a last chance to turn their lives around. Of the over 1,000 youth who have gone through this program, less than 12 percent have returned to the justice system. Cosponsored by the Fourth Circuit Solicitor’s Office and The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office, Camp Turning Point and Camp Turn Around are funded strictly through public support. No state money pays for the programs. With your help we can continue to help our youth get out of the justice system and stay out.
Contact: Administrator Safrona Finch or Jessica McLean (843) 623-3265 |
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Community Juvenile Arbitration |