Judge cited Murdaugh’s prison safety if given a laptop. McCormick’s history may be reason for pause.

The first hearing ahead of the double-murder retrial of Alex Murdaugh featured discussion of the state prison where he now ...
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$6 million settlement reached over SC prison riot that killed 7 inmates

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Corrections will pay $6 million in a settlement to resolve lawsuits after a riot that killed seven inmates at maximum security prison in 2018. The ...
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Inmate: 7 Dead, Bodies 'Stacked on Top of Each Other' in South Carolina Prison Riot

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. — Seven inmates were killed and at least 17 more were injured in seven hours of chaos at a maximum security prison holding some of the state's most dangerous convicts, authorities ...