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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
Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution is a South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) state prison for women in Columbia, South Carolina. [1] The Women's Reception and Evaluation Center, which processes all females entering SCDC, is in the prison. [citation needed] The prison opened in 1973, as "Women's Correctional Institution".
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).
This is a list of metropolitan areas of South Carolina, a state in the Southeastern United States. It is bordered to the north by North Carolina; to the south and west by Georgia, located across the Savannah River; and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Greenville is the largest metropolitan and combined statistical area in South Carolina. [1]
Ridgeland is a town in Jasper and Beaufort counties, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,749 at the 2020 census, [5] a 7.1% decrease from 2010. It has been the county seat of Jasper County [6] since the county's formation in 1912.
In 1866, Construction of the penitentiary was approved by the South Carolina General Assembly. It was the first state penitentiary in South Carolina and essentially the start of the state's penal system. Previously, all jailing had been handled by counties, which were financially ill-equipped after the Civil War. The Penitentiary accepted its ...
Bennettsville is a city located in the U.S. state of South Carolina on the Great Pee Dee River.As the county seat of Marlboro County, Bennettsville is noted for its historic homes and buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries—including the Bennettsville Historic District which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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.