SC Attorney General announces several state grand jury charges related to criminal activity within SC prisons

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced several state grand jury charges related to criminal activity within South Carolina prisons.

Lee Correctional Inmate Dexter Brown was charged with the assault and attempted murder of a fellow inmate.

Correctional Officer Regina James was charged with providing contraband and withholding information of the assault to investigators.

Several other officers and inmates from Turbeville, Lieber, and Kershaw Correctional Institutions have been indicted on charges like drug trafficking and contraband trade.

Bond hearings for some of the suspects were scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, at the Richland County Courthouse.

“These cases show that SCDC will not put up with corruption,” said Bryan Stirling, Director of the S.C. Department of Corrections.