Illegal cellphones trafficked into South Carolina prisons. A rare report issued by the South Carolina state grand jury has ...

A South Carolina woman has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering the father of four of her children.

The South Carolina Department of Corrections said the death of an inmate in a prison outside of Columbia was originally called suspicious and investigated.

A former inmate and an ex-correctional officer are both behind bars for smuggling drugs into a South Carolina prison.

South Carolina's prisons director said the state is ready to execute an inmate next month by either electrocution, firing squad or lethal injection.

A condemned inmate forced to choose how he’ll be put to death ended weeks of suspense by leaving the decision to his lawyer, who reluctantly told South Carolina prison officials on Friday to ...

South Carolina's prisons director said the state is prepared to carry out its first execution in more than 13 years.

When inmates die in South Carolina's prisons, their bodies are returned to their families. Some of the deceased, however, go unclaimed. This is where they end up.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's prisons director said Wednesday that state's supply of a lethal injection drug is pure, its electric chair was tested two months ago and its firing squad ...