TWO PEOPLE ARE NOW FACING CHARGES FOLLOWING A SWAT STANDOFF THAT LASTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS TODAY. IT HAPPENED AT THE STRATTON ...

After his best friend and four other fellow death row inmates have been put to death in less than a year, a South Carolina ...

It is my honor to leave the South Carolina Department of Corrections in the very capable hands of Joel Anderson."Joel Anderson, who has served as SCDC's deputy director for operations since 2019 ...

LEE COUNTY, S.C. — The death of a prisoner recently moved to Lee Correctional Institution is being investigated as suspicious, according to prison officials. The South Carolina Department of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two South Carolina legislators have requested an investigation into the state's firing squad execution last month after lawyers for the inmate said his autopsy showed the shots ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Longtime South Carolina Corrections Director Bryan Stirling has been appointed as the U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, becoming the chief federal prosecutor for the state.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — South Carolina currently has 26 inmates on death row, including Stephen Stanko, whose death ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two South Carolina legislators have requested ... “The governor has high confidence in the leadership of the Department of Corrections. He believes the sentence of ...

South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP A man recently executed by firing squad in South Carolina is said to have died in "excruciating” pain, suggests an autopsy report in a legal ...

The last earthquake in the Palmetto State was only days ago, when a 2.6 magnitude quake April 26, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey. The previous ...