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SCDC charges 12 inmates in separate March cases

The South Carolina Department of Corrections Inspector General has released arrest warrants for 12 inmates in connection with separate cases that came up for bond hearings in March. Authorities ...
CNN

Drones are getting drugs, escape tools and crab legs to inmates, ‘kind of like a DoorDash.’ Prisons are fighting back

Around 3:30 one morning this winter, officers stationed in the prison yard of South Carolina’s Turbeville Correctional Institution heard a propeller buzzing somewhere above the state prison. One ...
WIS TV

SC Philharmonic performs for SCDC inmates

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - SC Philharmonic performs for inmates at Camile Griffin Graham Correctional Institution. Violin, cello, and piano playing classical music and Christmas carols. SC Philharmonic ...
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SC correctional officer accused of providing contraband to inmates at Turbeville Correctional

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
AOL

Correction officers conspired to bring drugs in SC prison, officials say

LEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Tuesday that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued indictments against two South Carolina Department of ...