Prosecutors: South Carolina prisoners ran a $5 million COVID fraud ring using stolen identities, extortion
Nearly 30 people, including SC inmates, stole identities and extorted victims using contraband phones to fraudulently claim ...
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Aiken County Detention Center holds GED graduation ceremony
AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) – Several inmates in Aiken County received their GED in a graduation ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 20. Sheriff Marty Sawyer and Aiken County Schools Superintendent Dr. Corey Murphy ...
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Columbia man goes from working at SC jail to locked up there, officials say
A guard at a prison in Columbia has gone from one side of the bars to the other after he was charged with multiple crimes ...
South Carolina prison inmates led ring that obtained $5 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment benefits, feds say
South Carolina prison inmates led a crime ring responsible for obtaining $5 million in fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment ...
$1.4 million grant to boost higher education in South Carolina prisons
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Coalition for Higher Education in Prison has received a $1.4 million grant from Ascendium, an educational nonprofit focused on removing structural barriers to ...