The South Carolina Department of Corrections uses a lethal injection protocol that was suspended by the Department of Justice ...

A man who shot and killed an off-duty police officer is scheduled to become the fifth person executed in South Carolina since ...

The lawsuit brands the Ridgeland Correctional Facility as a “dangerous environment” with inadequate protection for its ...

A South Carolina man will be put to death next month after spending nearly 20 years on death row. 41-year-old Mikal D. Mahdi ...

Three former South Carolina prison guards were sentenced for smuggling or helping bring in drugs and contraband, including ...

Corderius Johnson has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Joseph Hamilton. Johnson said ...

The South Carolina attorney’s general office said a former correctional officer was sentenced after pleading guilty to ...

Two corrections staff and former inmate arrested on sexual misconduct and conspiracy charges - The arrests come a day after another former corrections officer pleaded guilty to sneaking in contraband ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came just one week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on March 18. Hoffman has shown a ...

On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Corrections was greenlit on an execution order for Death Row inmate Mikal D.