SC corrections officer took $550K in inmate bribes, spent it on a luxury SUV and plastic surgery, pleads guilty

A former South Carolina Department of Corrections officer and four co-defendants pleaded guilty this week in federal court ...
WIS TV

Former SC corrections officer, others plead guilty in over $500K prison bribery scheme

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Five people charged in a $550K prison bribery scheme have pleaded guilty in federal court. Officials say Atkinson, a corrections officer with the South Carolina Department of ...
The Sumter Item

Sumter, Clarendon women face up to 20 years in prison after $550K bribery scheme involving SCDC inmates

Two women from Sumter and Clarendon counties were among five who pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon, July 22 in a prison bribery scheme of $550,000. Adriana Conyers, 37, of Sumter, and Mary Ann ...

SC prison guard got bribe money for designer items, luxury Lexus and ‘butt lift'

SC former prison guard Lowanda Atkinson, who took bribes for a luxury car and plastic surgery, pleaded guilty in federal ...
ABC Columbia

Lee corrections officer pleads guilty to accepting over $500k in bribery scheme

Authorities say she would then receive a portion of the cash proceeds and bribes -- and use the money on high-end items ...

Ex-SC corrections worker pleads guilty in Lee prison bribery, contraband scheme

A former South Carolina Department of Corrections employee pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to her role in a ...

Ridgeville man receives S.C.’s highest honor, Order of the Palmetto

Edsel Taylor, a Ridgeville resident who spent 51 years with the South Carolina Department of Corrections and became the ...
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Former South Carolina prison guard, co-defendants plead guilty in over $500,000 bribery scheme

A former South Carolina prison guard, along with four co-defendants, pleaded guilty in federal court to a $550,000 bribery scheme. At the center of the crime is Lowanda Atkinson, 52, from Kershaw. For ...