CLARENDON, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) announced that a woman was charged with providing contraband to inmates. The SCDC’s inspector general released arrest ...

An inmate in the South Carolina prison system has been sentenced to 13 years after pleading guilty to a drug trafficking conspiracy, according to the Fifth Circ ...

SPARTANBURG — South Carolina inmates used to represent a large chunk of those receiving free publications from Asheville Prison Books, which sends hundreds of free titles most months to incarcerated ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a two-count indictment, presented by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, charging Eric Anthony Rome Jr., 37, an inmate incarcerated in the South ...

A South Carolina corrections officer was charged with providing several inmates with contraband, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Getty Images A former South Carolina ...

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A man went from working as a guard at a jail in South Carolina to an inmate at the facility, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Cohanskie Goodson, 30, was arrested after using ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Four Lowcountry jails have failed every inspection since 2022, with state inspections finding dangerous overcrowding, inadequate medical care and security violations. The ...

A Simpsonville woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing her three-year-old daughter. An inmate already serving a 30-year sentence received an additional 40 years for his role in ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Inspector General with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has released a list of new arrest warrants for already incarcerated inmates within the SCDC prison ...

Authorities have captured three inmates, including one charged with murder, who escaped from a county jail east of Atlanta. The trio fled the DeKalb County Jail early on Dec. 22, according to the ...