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Friday, April 05, 2013  A maximum-security men's prison in Pelzer is getting a new warden.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  South Carolina's inmate work release program has been around for more than 40 years.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  Officer arrested early Sunday morning.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  SLED is investigating a shooting inside Palmetto Health Richland’s Emergency Department involving a prison inmate and two corrections officers.

Sunday, January 06, 2013  The facility is located off of Broad River Road in Columbia.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  An arrest has been made in the case of a West Columbia man who was reported missing one year ago on Christmas day.

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

Monday, December 03, 2012  South Carolina inmates will receive a Christmas package from church members.

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.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  An emergency call center employee is accused of having sex with an inmate, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Dozens of Midlands residents jammed a public hearing Monday night in Columbia to voice their concerns to state officials about an increase of convicted sexual predators being housed at a facility in their community.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  A bill that would prohibit state money from being used for sex change surgeries for prison inmates is one step closer to becoming law.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  A legislative committee is debating a bill that would prohibit any state money from being used on sexual reassignment surgery for inmates.

Monday, September 12, 2011  Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says his deputies have done it again. Sheriff Matthews says while conducting a traffic stop, deputies seized a significant amount of contraband headed to the South Carolina Department of Corrections facility in Columbia.