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Thursday, May 02, 2013  An Orangeburg man has been charged with conspiring to kill a South Carolina prison guard wounded in a hit authorities have said was orchestrated behind bars with an illegal cellphone.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  A man who spent more than a decade on South Carolina's death row for killing three women has died.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Prisoners at Lee Correctional Institution are learning a new way of life from Lt. Jack Brown.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  A federal appeals court in Virginia is considering whether prisoners have a constitutional right to visitation.

Friday, December 14, 2012  A special class of South Carolina inmates is scheduled to have a graduation ceremony.

Sunday, December 09, 2012  An inmate has escaped from a medium-security state prison in Sumter County.

Thursday, November 22, 2012  Goodwill Industries is trying to help people recently released from prison get their lives back on track.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  South Carolina's prison system is showing off more than a dozen retired thoroughbred horses currently being cared for by the state's inmates.

Friday, September 14, 2012  A hostage situation involving an officer at a maximum security prison in the Midlands is over.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Corrections is closing a 75-year-old section of a Columbia prison and moving employees and prisoners to other sites.

Monday, April 30, 2012  Prison officials in South Carolina are working to keep cell phones from reaching inmates.

Sunday, April 15, 2012  A prison that's home to South Carolina's death row is on lockdown while authorities wrap up an internal investigation.

Friday, March 23, 2012  An attorney says mentally ill inmates are falling through the cracks of South Carolina's prison system.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011  The cellmate of a convicted sex offender found dead in a prison in McCormick County has been charged with murder.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  Facebook has closed the account of South Carolina prisoner serving 60 years for killing a Goose Creek man.