Columbia, SC (Greenville News) — South Carolina prison officials said they are prepared if inmates take part in a nationwide prison strike called to draw attention to prison conditions in the wake of ...

Lee County, SC (WLTX) — Riots that killed seven inmates and injured 17 others at Lee Correctional Institution Sunday night all began with territory, contraband and cell phones, according to officials.

Robert Johnson was a corrections officer whose job it was to prevent inmates from smuggling cellphones, drugs and other contraband into one of South Carolina’s most violent prisons. But then came the ...

When a prison worker has been convicted of trying to smuggle contraband into jail, it’s usually drugs or a cell phone… or anything an inmate may consider a need that they can’t get from commissary.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) – A South Carolina prison employee was arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle jewelry teeth coverings, commonly known as “grillz,” to an inmate. The South Carolina ...