SC corrections director confirmed after Senate rejects future interim leaders

Joel Anderson will permanently lead the Department of Corrections, but the Senate will not confirm future interim ...
South Carolina Public Radio

State Senate confirms Joel Anderson as SCDC director

The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Joel Anderson as director of the state’s Department of Corrections ...
S.C. Governor Henry McMaster

Statement from Gov. Henry McMaster on the Confirmation of Joel Anderson as Next Director of SCDC

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today released the following statement on the confirmation of Joel Anderson as the next Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections: ...
WJBF Augusta on MSN

Following Upstate drug scheme, SC Department of Corrections facing pushback over book policy

A recently updated inmate book policy implemented by the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has been met with ...
Fox Carolina

Inmate serving sentence for Upstate charges found dead in cell, officials say

CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections reports an inmate serving a 15 year sentence for crimes committed in the Upstate died in prison on Tuesday.

Citing drug smuggling concerns, SC prisons ban all but 6 booksellers from sending books to inmates

South Carolina inmates used to represent a large chunk of those receiving free publications from Asheville Prison Books, ...
WYFF

SCDC correctional officer fired and arrested for allegedly giving inmates contraband

The South Carolina Department of Corrections announced the arrest of a correctional officer at Camille Graham Correctional Institution in Columbia.On Thursday, SCDC said 58-year-old Frank Kim Eaves of ...

South Carolina prisons facing pushback over new inmate book policy

A recently updated inmate book policy implemented by the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) has been met with ...