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Construction began in the summer of 1998 on a budget of $102 million. The penitentiary was completed in August 2001 and began receiving inmates in 2002. According to project manager Gary Carsten of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the main recurring problem of the facility is the excessive strain on Lee County's sewage system. [4]
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.
May 6—TUPELO — It will cost more than $100,000 to fix the broken electronic locks at the Lee County Jail. Until a new control panel can be located and installed, correction officers will have ...
Lee Correctional Institution is the main high-security state prison for men located in Bishopville, South Carolina. On April 15, 2018, seven inmates were killed in the Lee Correctional Prison Riot. It was the deadliest U.S. prison riot in the past 25 years and the fifth deadliest in American history.
A "suspicious" death at the Lee County jail in downtown intervention followed by a phone call prompted the local NAACP chapter's intervention.
Aug. 2—A Lee County Jail inmate and another person are accused of plotting to bring an opioid-based narcotic in the facility, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. Daniel Ray O'Quinn, 24 ...
Inmate Name Register Number Photo Status Details Duane Earl Pope: 85021-132: Served a life sentence. Was released in 2016. Now serving life sentence at Nebraska State Penitentiary. Bank robber and former FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive; killed three bank employees and wounded a fourth while robbing a Nebraska bank of $1600 in 1965. [1] Christopher ...
Meanwhile, the man accused in the shooting left Lee County Jail on Tuesday after paying a $200,000 bond. According to an incident report from the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Leanard Merchant, 31 ...