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Fired South Carolina correctional officer allegedly assaulted inmate, records show
A fired Darlington County correctional officer was given a $10,500 personal recognizance bond Wednesday afternoon as he faces an accusation of unjustly ...
Secrecy concerns over SC firing squad highlighted after inmate picks another way to die this week
Inmate Stephen Stanko was leaning toward a death by firing squad but changed his mind when he couldn't get more details about ...
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Inmate dies in South Carolina prison and it’s called suspicious, officials say
An inmate died at a South Carolina prison ... the state Department of Corrections. Leo Jermaine Cheeks, 40, was found unresponsive in his cell at at Lee Correctional Institution, the S.C ...
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South Carolina will execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad. Here’s how it will be done
South Carolina Department of Corrections ... of a radio while both were incarcerated at the former Central Correctional Institution in Columbia. Harpootlian did not attend Gaskins’ execution ...
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South Carolina will execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad. Here’s how it will be done
Barring a last-minute reprieve, Brad Sigmon will be led into South Carolina’s death ... death chamber at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia. The firing squad was added as ...
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Woman arrested after smuggling drugs into MacDougall Correctional Institution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC ... according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Cooper smuggled drugs into the visitation room at MacDougall Correctional Institution in Ridgeville on Oct. 8, an ...
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Child sex abuse video leads SC Corrections Dept. to launch state-wide contraband sting
On Monday and Wednesday night, law enforcement across South Carolina launched ... at the Department of Corrections’ sprawling Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia were directed ...
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Arrest warrant issued for nursing supervisor at Broad River Correctional Institution: SCDOC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDOC) released an arrest warrant today, Oct. 23, for a nursing supervisor at the Broad River Correctional Institution in ...
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Corrections department believes it has fix to illegal phones plaguing SC prisons
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Law enforcement connects a multitude of crimes, ranging from drug trafficking to attempted murder to a deadly prison riot, with a common thread: South Carolina inmates ...
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Corrections officers allegedly tried to smuggle drugs, phones, AirPods into Columbia prison
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD)- Two corrections officers were fired after allegedly attempting to smuggle narcotics, tobacco, cell phones, AirPods, and more into a South Carolina prison where they worked ...
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40 years ago, infamous SC killer ‘Pee Wee’ Gaskins slayed last victim — a fellow prisoner
a man already sentenced to death for the double murder of a South Carolina couple. On a Sunday afternoon inside the high-security Cell Block 2 at Columbia’s Central Correctional Institution ...