LAS VEGAS (AP) — The family of a handcuffed inmate who was shot and killed in 2014 by a prison guard trainee reached a $1.6 million settlement with Nevada prison officials on Monday, capping a nearly decadelong legal battle that ...

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RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) — A Jasper County town is being paid nearly $920,000 by the South Carolina prison system to end a four-year dispute over a facility’s water and sewer bill.  Corrections Director Bryan Stirling told the State Fiscal Accountability ...

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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina city is paying $650,000 to a Black man who was stomped in the head by a white police officer upset that the man could not quickly lie flat ...

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CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — An Orangeburg man who shot at two police officers during a chase will spend 20 years in a South Carolina prison and then 10 years in a federal prison, authorities said Wednesday. Eugene Jonathon James, 23, ...

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The mother of a mentally ill man who died in the Charleston County jail has reached a $10 million settlement with the county, the county sheriff’s office, and the city of North Charleston, her attorneys report.  “From everything we’ve researched, ...

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South Carolina officials gave initial approval Tuesday to a $6 million settlement to resolve dozens of prisoner lawsuits against the Department of Corrections following a riot that killed seven inmates. With one abstention due to a conflict of interest, the ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — Some South Carolina prisons will allow in-person visits this month, more than a year after officials canceled visitations due to the coronavirus pandemic. Visitation will resume June 19 for vaccinated inmates at four minimum security institutions across ...

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ORANGEBURG (AP) — Some prisoners in South Carolina will soon be able to attend college for free. The South Carolina Department of Corrections says it is partnering with Claflin University, a historically Black private school in Orangeburg, to offer bachelor’s ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina state government is paying a man $50,000 following a lawsuit that says he was attacked and stabbed in prison due to a failure in security measures, according to documents obtained by WCSC-TV. The lawsuit ...

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  Last year the City of Columbia passed an ordinance that prevents employers who do business with the city from asking job applicants if they have a criminal history. Richland and York counties passed similar policies covering applicants for county ...

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