According to the SC Department of Corrections, 40-year-old Leo Jermaine Cheeks was found unresponsive in his cell at Lee Correctional Institution on Friday night.
An inmate accused of taking part in the deadly Lee Correctional riot in 2018 is set for trial next week.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections says a Lee County Correctional inmate was found stabbed to death.
A Lee Correctional inmate who murdered his pregnant fiancee was found dead in his cell Tuesday.
Four inmates pleaded guilty to multiple charges for their part in the deadly riot at the Lee Correctional Institution in 2018.
A former employee of the Department of Juvenile Justice is arrested after the Lee County Sheriff’s Office says she tried to use a drone to smuggle drugs into the correctional facility.
According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections, an inmate at Lee Correctional Institution was found dead in his cell Saturday.
According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections, 20 individuals have been arrested in connection with an eight month long investigation into drones carrying contraband over prison fences at Lee Correctional Institution
South Carolina prison officials say they’ve reached the initial approval phase of a $6 million settlement to resolve dozens of lawsuits the Department of Corrections is facing following a deadly prison riot that killed seven inmates in 2018.
On Thursday, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that a South Carolina Grand Jury has indicted 29 individuals for a riot at Lee Correctional Institution which resulted in the death of seven inmates on April 15, 2018.
