Dillon County Man Arrested In Child’s Death
Nineteen-year-old Latta man charged with homicide by child abuse ......
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#SCStateHouse: Budget Deal Reached
by FITSNews
A month-and-a-half ago, this news site reported exclusively on a looming battle over the South Carolina state budget. For the last six weeks, this battle...
Laura Hudson: SC Lawmakers Play Starring Role In Prison Problems
by FITSNews
General Assembly in no position to criticize agency's leadership, staff ......
SC Budget Battle Looms
by FITSNews
Battle over debt could result in a bitter budget fight ......
SC Prison Busts: A Beginning
by FITSNews
Yesterday’s news that fourteen employees of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) had been arrested by federal authorities in connection with a prison smuggling...
Fire At Lee Correctional Institution
by FITSNews
Lee Correctional Institution – the site of a deadly brawl earlier this month – experienced a minor fire on Tuesday evening. Fortunately, the incident was...
SC Prison Fight Clubs Captured On Video
by FITSNews
Clip highlights epidemic of violence behind bars in the Palmetto State ......
Letter: Reflections On The Lee Correctional Institution Attack
by Letters
Dear Editor, I find it appropriate as we end this week to look back on some of the intense moments in which politicians and the...
#SC2018: Catherine Templeton Offers Prison Fixes
by FITSNews
South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Catherine Templeton responded to the latest – and deadliest – outbreak of violence in the Palmetto State’s prison system by calling...
SC Prison Attack: Inside The Deadly Lee Correctional Slaughterhouse
by FITSNews
Cell phones. Drugs. Tobacco. “Green Dot Cards.” These are the “coins of the realm” within South Carolina’s increasingly violent prison system – which was the...