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.
Bishopville, SC (AP) —- Prosecutors are close to completing their review of an investigation into a prison riot that left seven inmates dead. A Department of Corrections Spokeswoman tells the Greenville news that the review will be finished in a few weeks. So far, no one has been charged in last year’s deadly uproar that has been deemed the worst…
One of the deadliest prison riots in South Carolina History spurs Lee Correctional to test new technology to jam contraband cell phones on the prison property.
File COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A group of musicians affiliated with Carnegie Hall are taking music created by inmates at one of South Carolina’s most dangerous prisons to the White House. On Wednesday, members of a group called Decoda are performing “Welcome to my World” for an audience expected to include U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The song was written…
