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

Drones are flying onto prison grounds, often in the dark of night, and dropping contraband for inmates – everything from ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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SCDC officer charged for bringing contraband into high security area

A former correctional officer has been arrested and charged after providing contraband to prisoners in a high security unit of the prison. The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) Inspector ...

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.
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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 ...