Most recently, he served as the deputy director of programs and services for the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). It's that experience at the Corrections Department--he joked to ...

Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more information about the drug that will kill him.

A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection. His execution is scheduled for the end of this month.

McMaster named Jake Gadsden, Jr. to head the agency at an announcement Thursday at the South Carolina State House. Gadsden currently serves as deputy director for Programs, Reentry and Rehabilitative Services for the S.C. Department of Corrections.

I did what I did cause she was being sneaky,” the man said in a message following the shooting, according to the solicitor’s office.

Federal investigators have found in a report that a large South Carolina jail vastly underreports the violence behind its walls, lets dozens of inmates go unsupervised for long periods and lets crimes

Mr. Bowman and his legal team still have significant concerns about the quality of the lethal injection drugs used in South Carolina executions because the Department of Corrections continues to refuse to provide any basic information about the drugs ...

Stabbings, sexual assaults and drug use are rampant in the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center because of staff shortages and security failures, a Justice Department investigation found.

Governor Henry McMaster announced the nomination of a new director of the South Carolina Department of Probations, Pardons and Parole Servi

Few options remain for Marion Bowman Jr., who is set to be executed on Jan. 31, 2025 for the murder of Kandee Martin in Dorchester County.

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, viewing chairs are placed in the witness room of the execution chamber in the Broad River Correctional ...

Several law enforcement agencies were assisting the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office in a search for contraband at the W. Glenn Campbell Detention