SC Inmates Can Earn College Degrees In Prison For Free Through New Program
A private university in South Carolina is launching a new program to give inmates the opportunity to earn a college degree while behind bars. Claflin...
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Two SC Inmates Charged With Murder After Inmate Stabbed To Death In Cell
by Mandy Matney
Another deadly incident in SC prisons......
Feds Charge 17 People In Midlands Drug Bust After 3-Year Undercover Investigation
by Mandy Matney
Following a 3-year, multi-agency investigation into a Midlands drug trafficking ring, 17 individuals were federally charged this week, U.S. Attorney for South Carolina Peter McCoy...
9th SCDC Inmate Dies Amid COIVID-19 Surge In SC Prisons
by Mandy Matney
Nine South Carolina Department of Corrections SCDC inmates have died from COVID-19 complications since May, according to officials. Seven of those deaths have occurred in...
Upstate Drug Bust: 39 Indicted After 54 Pounds Of Meth And 5 Pounds Of Heroin Seized In SC
by Mandy Matney
The South Carolina State Grand Jury indicted 39 people following a major drug trafficking investigation in the Upstate called “Ground Hog Day,” according to South...
SC Inmate Stabbed, Left to ‘Bleed to Death’ In Riot Later Killed Himself, Federal Lawsuit Against SCDC Says
by Mandy Matney
He was “brutally attacked, stabbed, and left to bleed to death” in the riot, the lawsuit said....
SC Inmate Who Was Raped In The Shower At Psychiatric Hospital Sues SCDC, Lawsuit Says
by Mandy Matney
He was transferred to the facility about a year after he was stabbed during prison riots, the lawsuit says....
SC Inmate Sues Prison Officials After Masked Men Stabbed Him 20 Times In Cell, Lawsuit Says
by Mandy Matney
He filed the 25-page handwritten suit this week in federal court....
Warden of SC Prison Retires After Alleged Inmate Abuse, Sources Say
by Mandy Matney
The warden of a South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) facility that has recently faced allegations of inmate abuse is retiring, multiple sources close to...