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SC Department of Corrections supervisor accused of groping inmate at Columbia facility
A SC Department of Corrections supervisor was arrested and fired for sexual misconduct with an inmate while on a work-detail ...
2 SC legislators seek investigation into claim of ‘botched’ firing squad
Cop-killer Mikal Mahdi yelled in pain when he was shot inside of the state’s death chamber on April 11. He was executed for ...
SC firing squad execution was a ‘massive botch,’ inmate’s attorney says
The legal team for Mikal Mahdi, who was executed by firing squad on April 11, claim in a legal filing that their client ...
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Through woodworking, incarcerated SC youth learn skills for jobs and life
The geese that fly across the Department of Juvenile Justice’s long-term correctional campus inspired Jordan Thompson to ...
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SC firing squad execution was a ‘massive botch,’ inmate’s attorney says
Mikal Mahdi is shown at age 40 at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia in 2023. Courtesy Mikal Mahdi's attorneys COLUMBIA, S.C. Last month’s firing squad execution of Mikal Mahdi was ...
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Flames seen from I-20 in fire that led to multiple injuries, SC officials say
That’s on Menlo Drive in Columbia, near Exit 64 on Interstate 20, which is the junction with Broad River Road. Flames shooting through the roof of a building could be seen from I-20, according ...
Food service worker accused of groping S.C. prison inmate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A man is facing charges after allegedly groping an inmate at South Carolina state prison. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said 46-year-old Ainsworth Atkinson ...
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Columbia Police search for missing woman who left to run errands and never returned
The Columbia Police Department is searching for ... who was last seen leaving Drake Grove Lane, not far from Broad River Road and Piney Grove Road, to run an errand and didn’t return.