South Carolina prison inmates led a crime ring responsible for obtaining $5 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment ...

The scheme was reportedly led by South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates along with family members and friends outside the prison system. The indictment alleges the defendants submitted ...

The ring also included family members and friends outside the South Carolina Department of Corrections system. The fraudulent applications were filed in South Carolina, Arizona, California ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years.

The South Carolina Department of Corrections was then able to obtain pentobarbital. Previously, pharmaceutical companies would not sell the drug to the Palmetto State. Protesters gathered outside ...

Investigators say it was all led by the South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates. The U.S. Attorney's Office said that 29 out of 31 indicted defendants have pleaded guilty following a five ...

McMaster's executive budget recommends the South Carolina Department of Corrections receive a new appropriation of $43.2 million for cell phone and contraband confiscation, increase correction ...

was among protesters who gathered outside of the South Carolina Department of Corrections on the day of Bowman’s execution. “What we know about the death penalty is that for every eight ...

Darlington County Sheriff Michael August and Major Mitch Stanley requested multiple agencies including the South Carolina Department of Corrections and K9 units to help with a contraband search at ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The South Carolina Department of Corrections shares details after carrying out the execution of of Marion ...