South Carolina Public Radio

UPDATE: Trial begins for inmate accused in 2018 prison riot that killed seven

Thirty people were indicted in the 2018 riot at Lee Correctional that killed seven and injured dozens of others. An SCDC ...

Florence Co. man sentenced to additional time for running drug network inside prison

An inmate at the South Carolina Department of Corrections was sentenced with additional time in prison for rming a drug ...

Trial set to begin for inmate accused of killing 3 in 2018 Lee Correctional riot

Another defendant in the Lee Correctional Institution riot case is set to be tried this week in Lee County.
WSPA

Following Upstate drug scheme, SC Department of Corrections facing pushback over book policy

SOUTH CAROLINA (WSPA) — A recently updated inmate book policy implemented by the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has been met with pushback and a potential lawsuit. The policy, which ...
WKYC3

Inmates Briefly Held Officer Hostage at Maximum Security SC Prison

The South Carolina Department of Corrections says inmates overpowered an officer and held him hostage for over an hour at a maximum security prison Friday night. The prisons agency updated the ...
Post and Courier

Citing drug smuggling concerns, SC prisons ban all but 6 booksellers from sending books to inmates

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 ...