The South Carolina Department of Corrections says a Summerville man is charged with furnishing contraband to a prisoner.
Sixteen inmates at the Manning Reentry Work Release Center on Beckman Drive are taking a week-long class in commercial roofing.
The department also offers different bonuses for its employees. Director Bryan Stirling says the agency must also retain workers as well as recruit them.
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has been moved to protective custody inside the maximum security prison.
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.
