South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Apr 20, 2018

Former SC prison wardens sue, say they were scapegoats

Two former leaders at Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville are suing the state Department of Corrections, saying they were unfairly blamed after an inmate escaped the maximum security prison last […]

Mar 14, 2018

Suit: SC failure to test inmates for hepatitis C is ‘cruel’

COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina’s prisons agency is subjecting inmates to cruel and unusual punishment by not testing them for a potentially fatal liver disease, according to a lawsuit filed March 14 […]

Oct 11, 2017

Rooftop adventure

It likely wasn’t as coordinated as the roof-tarring scene in The Shawshank Redemption, but somehow, a group of inmates ended up on the roof of one of South Carolina’s maximum-security […]

Jun 1, 2017

Law lets inmates go to loved one’s funeral or death bed

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. […]

May 3, 2017

Inmates are protected from grievance retaliation

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 […]

Apr 21, 2017

Not getting better: Killings raise doubts about prison improvement plan, suit expected

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 […]

Apr 17, 2017

3 officers injured in South Carolina prison dorm uprising

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 […]

Mar 8, 2017

A win for a father in jail: Appeals Court vacates couple’s adoption of his daughter

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 The unanimous decision replaces an earlier unpublished opinion and includes […]

Sep 28, 2016

Smuggling scheme may land prison guard on wrong side of the bars

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 […]

Jul 19, 2016

3 charged in SC inmate death; one had 7 weapons violations

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 […]

Jul 12, 2016

Prisons & Jails – Inmate Says Jailers Ignored Safety Threats

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 […]

Jun 28, 2016

Authorities investigate inmate’s death at S. Carolina prison

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 […]