SC governor taps deputy corrections director to oversee probation and parole agency
A deputy director for South Carolina’s prisons agency is the governor’s pick to lead the department tasked with supervising people completing their sentences outside the razor wire. Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday nominated Jake Gadsden,
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Governor Henry McMaster Names Next Director of the S.C. Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services
Governor Henry McMaster Names Next Director of the S.C. Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services
Condemned inmate worried South Carolina needed 2 lethal injections doses at last execution
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.
South Carolina man chooses to die by lethal injection instead of electric chair or firing squad
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.
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South Carolina Execution
This undated photo shows Marion Bowman Jr. released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, awaits execution on death row. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP)
Gov. McMaster nominates new director of Probations, Pardons and Parole Services
Governor Henry McMaster announced the nomination of a new director of the South Carolina Department of Probations, Pardons and Parole Servi
South Carolina Jail Plagued by Rapes, Assaults and Security Shortfalls, a Federal Report Says
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
End state-sanctioned secrecy in South Carolina’s penal system
The court’s decision aided and abetted a cover-up of the conditions and treatment of South Carolina prisoners and death row inmates. It eviscerated the First Amendment guarantee of press freedom and undermined the public’s ability to make informed decisions about the state’s correctional policies.
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SC man convicted of shooting girlfriend sentenced to decades in prison, prosecutor says
A Midlands man will spend decades in a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison after pleading guilty to shooting his ex-girlfriend, according to the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
U.S. Finds Pervasive Safety Failures at South Carolina Jail
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.
Third South Carolina death row inmate chooses to die by lethal injection
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.
Jake Gadsden Jr. nominated to lead South Carolina Department of Probation, Pardon, and Parole
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has picked Jake Gadsden Jr. as his nominee to be the director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services (PPP).