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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.
This is a list of state prisons in the U.S. state of North Carolina: [1] In January 2015, the former five male divisions and one female division were consolidated into four regions, as listed below. [2] As of February 2015, North Carolina houses about 38,000 offenders in 56 correctional institutions. [3]
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.
The victim alleges jail staffing shortages were a reason why the incident occurred, though the city previously said it didn’t have indications that staffing issues were to blame.
McDowell, now 63, has been held in the Lexington County jail for almost two years, ever since he was arrested at his North Carolina home in Jessica’s 1986 killing. Jessica’s disappearance was ...
Monroe was among at least 11 inmates who died of drug overdoses in county jails last year. Jail records show Monroe and several others, including Da’Marious McClain, 19, who died in a Wake ...
All prison facilities for state inmates are operated and controlled by the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, Division of Institutions. From 1998 through 2000, the state had contracted with Corrections Corporation of America , which owned and operated Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro, and the Mountain View Correctional ...
A Lexington County woman has been charged with conspiring with an inmate to convince a guard to smuggle an iPhone into the the Lexington County jail. ... March 15. Also charged was the Lexington ...