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The South Carolina Penitentiary (SCP) (renamed the Central Correctional Institution (CCI) in 1965) was the state of South Carolina's first prison. Completed in 1867, the South Carolina Penitentiary served as the primary state prison for nearly 130 years until its demolition in 1999. It was located adjacent to the Congaree River in Columbia ...
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.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia, a total of 44 people have been executed in South Carolina.
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).
Opened. 1973. Managed by. South Carolina Department of Corrections. 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 ...
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.
Status. maximum. Capacity. 1488. Opened. 1986. Managed by. 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.
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.