The SC Department of Corrections charged 35 year-old Shanelle Betterson Eichelberger with sexual misconduct with an inmate while serving as a correctional officer.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections says it can now carry out executions by firing squad.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections says a man was arrested near the prison complex in Columbia on drug and firearm charges.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections says two inmates died from complications of COVID-19.
South Carolina’s prison director has won a national award for turning around an agency that was near the bottom in the county in funding, salaries and the rate of inmates who return to prison.
South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates got into the holiday spirit today by hand making gifts for nursing home and extended care residents in need.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Christmas gifts are going out to inmates across South Carolina, all thanks to the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Around 2,100 churches made its way to Columbia to drop of gifts at Shandon Baptist Church. “In our prison system as you would well expect inmates feel they are very much alone, they are separated from their…
How is the Palmetto State leading the nation in keeping former inmates from going back to jail?
A correctional officer in the Midlands has been fired after being accused of having sex with an inmate.
South Carolina corrections officials will move forward with $92 million in improvement projects at prisons statewide after lawmakers’ approval.
