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Thursday, March 28, 2013  A state Probation, Parole and Pardon Services agent has been arrested after authorities say he gave a cellphone to a South Carolina inmate.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  A parole hearing for a former youth basketball coach spending 35 years in prison for molesting more than a dozen boys is planned for Wednesday.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  The former chairman of Carolina Investors is being released from prison.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Updated with photos from sentencing: Teen who shot to death 3 students at Ohio high school gets 3 life sentences without parole

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A self-styled street preacher accused in a deadly plot to lure men with Craigslist job offers in Ohio and then rob them has been found guilty of aggravated murder and could face the death penalty.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Authorities have captured an inmate they say walked away from a pre-release center in Charleston.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  A Senate panel has advanced a bill putting oversight of prisoners, parolees, and those on probation in a single agency.

Monday, February 11, 2013  A South Carolina man who avoided prison in a 2009 car crash that killed a Greenville homeowner has pleaded guilty to a criminal domestic violence charge.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  South Carolina's probation and parole agency wants more money to oversee offenders and keep them from returning to prison.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley's proposed budget would spend more money on computer security and law enforcement.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  A Greer man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the death of his 5-month-old daughter.

Friday, November 09, 2012  Gabby Giffords faces man who went on deadly Arizona rampage as judge orders life in prison

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Judge sentences man to life in prison for shooting Arizona Rep. Giffords, killing 6 in rampage

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Two men have pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a Columbia-area pizza shop manager last year.

Monday, July 23, 2012  Authorities say a man suspected of firebombing a South Carolina probation office killed himself in his cell.