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The Lieber Correctional Institution is a maximum-security state prison for men located in Ridgeville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 1986 and has a capacity of 1488 inmates held at maximum security. Lieber has housed South Carolina's death row ...
This is a list of state prisons in South Carolina. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of South Carolina. Allendale Correctional Institution; Broad River Correctional Institution; Broad River Secure Facility; Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution; Evans Correctional Institution
Kirkland has a special role in South Carolina's prison system as the point of intake and assessment for all male state prisoners, the site of the state's Maximum Security Unit, and a health care facility. The prison was first opened in 1975, and houses a maximum of 1707 inmates, plus another 50 in the Max unit and 24 in the infirmary.
Turbeville Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men located in Turbeville, Clarendon County, South Carolina, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 1994 and has a capacity of 1472 inmates held at medium security: 928 Youthful Offender (ages 17–25) beds and ...
The South Carolina penal system was essentially founded in 1866, when the first state penitentiary was constructed. [3] The SCDC was created in 1960, when the state governor decided to end abuses in the previous system (particularly the use of convict labor on private property as a form of political reward).
The Broad River Correctional Institution (BRCI) is a South Carolina Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Columbia, South Carolina. [1] South Carolina's execution chamber is located in Broad River. [2] The adjacent Kirkland Correctional Institution lies just to its south side. The prison opened in 1988. [1] In January 1990 ...
Kershaw Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men located in Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 1997 and has a capacity of 1403 inmates held at medium security.
Allendale Correctional Institution is a medium-security state prison for men located in Fairfax, Allendale County, South Carolina, United States, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was opened in 1989 and has a capacity of 1090 inmates held at medium security.