Drones are getting drugs, escape tools and crab legs to inmates, ‘kind of like a DoorDash.’ Prisons are fighting back

Drones are flying onto prison grounds, often in the dark of night, and dropping contraband for inmates – everything from knives to crab legs.
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SC Philharmonic performs for SCDC inmates

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - SC Philharmonic performs for inmates at Camile Griffin Graham Correctional Institution. Violin, cello, and piano playing classical music and Christmas carols. SC Philharmonic ...
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Following Upstate drug scheme, SC Department of Corrections facing pushback over book policy

SOUTH CAROLINA (WSPA) — A recently updated inmate book policy implemented by the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has been met with pushback and a potential lawsuit. The policy, which ...
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SC correctional officer accused of providing contraband to inmates at Turbeville Correctional

CLARENDON, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) announced that a woman was charged with providing contraband to inmates. The SCDC’s inspector general released arrest ...
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Correction officers conspired to bring drugs in SC prison, officials say

LEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Tuesday that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued indictments against two South Carolina Department of ...
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Citing drug smuggling concerns, SC prisons ban all but 6 booksellers from sending books to inmates

SPARTANBURG — South Carolina inmates used to represent a large chunk of those receiving free publications from Asheville Prison Books, which sends hundreds of free titles most months to incarcerated ...