The prison system says it’s trying to stop drug smuggling and improve inmate and staff safety. Plaintiffs say it’s an ...

Evidence obtained showed that Lowanda Atkinson, a 16-year corrections officer with SCDC, accepted more than $550,000 in ...

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 ...

Five people charged in a $550K prison bribery scheme have pleaded guilty in federal court.

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

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

Where two prison officials let two inmates out of their cells, and one inmate then murdered another inmate, the officials ...

SCDC Inspector General says a Wateree River Correctional Institution correctional officer has been charged with sexual ...

Jazmin Alexis Teas, 25, was fired and could face prison after admitting to a relationship with an inmate she helped smuggle ...

According to arrest warrants, Teas engaged in a sexual relationship with an inmate between April 1 and July 16. Investigators said she admitted to the offence. A 25-year-old South Carolina ...

Edsel Taylor, a Ridgeville resident who spent 51 years with the South Carolina Department of Corrections and became the nation's longest-serving prison warden, has received the state’s highest ...