Inmates in South Carolina prisons now have the option of either visiting a dying relative in the hospital or attending the person’s funeral. A law signed last month by Gov. Henry McMaster requires the Department of Corrections to arrange for ...

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Inmates in South Carolina prisons have no constitutional right to the grievance policy that the corrections department provides, but they do have the right — should they file a grievance — not to be retaliated against, a divided 4th U.S. ...

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A settlement agreement between an advocacy group for thousands of mentally ill inmates and the South Carolina Department of Corrections was hailed as a historic step toward overhauling the state’s troubled prison system. But that was a year ago and ...

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Officers have regained control of a South Carolina prison dormitory after inmates attacked and injured three officers. News outlets report one officer was been stabbed Sunday and all three were treated for non-life threatening injuries. South Carolina Department of Corrections ...

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The South Carolina Court of Appeals has published a new opinion that vacates the adoption of an incarcerated father’s child. The unanimous decision replaces an earlier unpublished opinion and includes additional findings to support the court’s reversal of a family ...

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They say that in prison, there’s always someone who can get you whatever contraband you’re looking for. Typically, however, that person isn’t one of the corrections officers keeping watch over the inmates. But at the Federal Correctional Institution in Bennettsville, ...

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BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have charged three inmates with killing a fellow South Carolina prisoner, including one with at least seven weapons violations during his decade in custody. Arrest warrants say the men entered 35-year-old Ae Kingratsaiphon’s cell at Lee ...

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Cox v. Quinn (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-129-16, 22 pp.) (Harris, J.) No. 15-6943, July 6, 2016; USDC at Roanoke, Va. (Conrad, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Plaintiff inmate who was severely beaten by another inmate allegedly had complained multiple times to ...

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BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating violence at a maximum-security South Carolina prison that left one inmate dead and another hospitalized. Local media outlets report Tuesday that the South Carolina Department of Corrections is investigating the death of 35-year-old ...

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AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — The city of Aiken is warning it will have to replace 10 inmates paid $15 a day to pick up trash and do landscaping with 20 temporary workers who get $10 an hour after South Carolina ...

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