Contraband

Former SCDC Officer, Four Others Plead Guilty In $550K Prison Bribery Scheme

Erin Parrott
by Erin Parrott
A veteran corrections officer admitted accepting more than half a million dollars in bribes to smuggle contraband into Lee Correctional Institution, while four co-conspirators also...

Former SCDC Officer Accused Of Taking $550K In Bribes To Smuggle Contraband Into Prison

Jenn Wood
by Jenn Wood
Federal prosecutors say longtime prison official accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for bringing drugs, cell phones and other contraband into one of...

Ex-S.C. Corrections Nurse Accused of Sexual Relationship With Inmate, Bribery

Erin Parrott
by Erin Parrott
Investigators say the former nursing supervisor exchanged explicit messages, videos and more than 1,000 texts with an inmate while exploiting her position inside a state...

S.C. State Grand Jury Issues Report On Inmate-Run Crime Rings

Erin Parrott
by Erin Parrott
"Inmates with contraband cellphones aren’t just continuing their crimes, they’re escalating them."...