CORE FUNCTION IN CHAOS Inmates – not correctional officers – run the “maximum security” prison in Ridgeville, South Carolina that made national news last week...
MANHUNT UNDERWAY … In the latest embarrassing headline for the S.C. Department of Corrections (SCDC), a well-known inmate has escaped from one of the agency’s...
MORE INNOVATIVE “CORRECTION” South Carolina’s Department of Juvenile Justice (SCDJJ) has been in the headlines for a lot of the wrong reasons lately – and...
NORTHEAST COLUMBIA RESIDENTS CONCERNED … Several women residing in the northeastern region of Columbia, S.C. are telling FITSNews that the presence of all-male S.C. Department of...
SENATOR BLAMES STAFFING SHORTAGES … Last week we reported on the death of four inmates at Kirkland Correction Institution in Columbia, S.C. The bodies of the...
HENRY McMASTER NAMES ACTING REPLACEMENT … S.C. governor Henry McMaster accepted the resignation of the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice (SCDJJ) director late Friday –...
NIKKI HALEY’S CABINET SHOULD STEP DOWN, STAND ASIDE FOR NEW GOVERNOR … Barring some unforeseen development, S.C. governor Nikki Haley will be confirmed as U.S....