A convicted murderer in South Carolina has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the U.S. in 15 years.

The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) announced Friday six inmates have been charged with assault and battery ...

The South Carolina Department of Corrections shared an overview of the protocols ahead of the state's first firing squad ...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that 29 people have pleaded guilty in a five-year investigation into a ...

Twenty-nine out of 31 defendants have pleaded guilty in a five-year investigation into a scheme where inmates from the South ...

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) said an inmate attempted to escape from a van on ...

On Monday, an inmate being transferred attempted to escape from the custody of the South Carolina Department of ...

The South Carolina Department of Corrections has the lowest recidivism rate in the country, but they want to make it even ...

Some things are better off from a distance; the closer you get to them, the scarier they become. One of those things is prison. We love watching documentaries about them, and we dig shows that revolve ...

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The Bureau of Prisons confirmed it is holding some people arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown, though it has not disclosed how many or where. Federal jails in Los Angeles, Miami ...