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This is a list of state prisons in South Carolina. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of South Carolina. Allendale Correctional Institution; Broad River Correctional Institution; Broad River Secure Facility; Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution; Evans Correctional Institution
Kirkland has a special role in South Carolina's prison system as the point of intake and assessment for all male state prisoners, the site of the state's Maximum Security Unit, and a health care facility. The prison was first opened in 1975, and houses a maximum of 1707 inmates, plus another 50 in the Max unit and 24 in the infirmary.
An inmate being held at a South Carolina jail died Wednesday, according to the Aiken County Coroner’s Office.. At about 5:20 a.m., 34-year-old Florence resident Tony Muldrow had a medical crisis ...
South Carolina's execution chamber is located in Broad River. [2] The adjacent Kirkland Correctional Institution lies just to its south side. The prison opened in 1988. [1] In January 1990, death row inmates were moved from the Central Correctional Institution to Broad River. In 1990, executions began at BRCI. On April 12, 1997, death row ...
One South Carolina inmate was killed and three others injured in a Monday afternoon prison fight. Devin Javonne Wilson, 29, died Monday at the Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville after ...
A man who spent nearly two decades on South Carolina's death row for killing two people has been granted life in prison without parole two years after a federal court overturned his original ...
In February 2013, Stanko lost his appeal in the Henry Turner murder case; the South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed Stanko's conviction and sentence. [12] In 2015, there was a post-conviction relief (PCR) hearing. The court heard testimony from Bill Diggs, Stanko's trial attorney, that Stanko suffered from a brain defect.
It was the most violent prison riot in the United States within the last 25 years. On December 3, 2020, 29 Lee Correctional Institution inmates were indicted on murder and mayhem charges by the State of South Carolina. [1] Investigators found that the riot was caused by gang activity, shortage of staff, overcrowding, and poor living conditions.