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The South Carolina penal system was essentially founded in 1866, when the first state penitentiary was constructed. [3] The SCDC was created in 1960, when the state governor decided to end abuses in the previous system (particularly the use of convict labor on private property as a form of political reward).
Broad River Secure Facility. Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution. Evans Correctional Institution. Goodman Correctional Institution (capacity 350) Kershaw Correctional Institution. Kirkland Correctional Institution. Leath Correctional Institution. Lee Correctional Institution. Lieber Correctional Institution.
Security class. mixed, including maximum. Capacity. 1781. Opened. 1975. Managed by. South Carolina Department of Corrections. Kirkland Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
The Lieber Correctional Institution is a maximum-security state prison for men located in Ridgeville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 1986 and has a capacity of 1488 inmates held at maximum security.
Broad River Correctional Institution. The Broad River Correctional Institution (BRCI) is a South Carolina Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Columbia, South Carolina. [1] South Carolina's execution chamber is located in Broad River. [2] The adjacent Kirkland Correctional Institution lies just to its south side.
A prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina, United States occurred on April 15, 2018. Starting as a prison cell robbery, violence between prison gangs intensified into a full-blown riot leading to the death of seven prisoners. It was the most violent prison riot in the United States within the last 25 years.
Leath Correctional Institution (LCIW) is a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison for women located in unincorporated Greenwood County, South Carolina, near Greenwood. [1] Leath opened in 1991. [2] It is located just east of the Greenwood County Airport. The prison, on a 39-acre (16 ha) plot of land, has a capacity of 968.
Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Correctional Institution, Estill (FCI Estill) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in South Carolina. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. It also has an adjacent satellite camp for minimum-security ...