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Friday, March 08, 2013  Authorities are looking for a South Carolina inmate they say walked away from a coastal pre-release center in Charleston.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Supervisor Carlisle Roddey in Chester County says the grass might go uncut and county vehicles would no longer be repaired for just the cost of parts if he couldn't rely on state inmates for labor.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  An inmate stabbed to death at a state prison in Bennettsville Sunday night had been convicted in a high-profile murder case in Horry County.

Friday, October 19, 2012  Florida authorities arrested Kyle Norris, 27, on September 10, according to South Carolina Department of Corrections Communications Director Clark Newsom. Norris and Dameon Simpson escaped from the McCall Farms work site in Florence County in January.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Corrections is looking for an escaped convict with ties to Horry County. The DOC says Billy Jack Hanna walked away from his job site in Mt. Pleasant Wednesday.

Saturday, July 14, 2012  Clark Newsome with South Carolina Department of Corrections says one inmate stabbed another around 10 a.m. Saturday at Evans Correctional Institution in Bennettsville.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  A South Carolina inmate, from Hartsville, who walked away from a crew doing grounds maintenance in a remote part of Fort Jackson has been recaptured.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  A bill that would prohibit state money from being used for sex change surgeries for prison inmates is one step closer to becoming law.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  The second man wanted for a 2005 Green Sea murder is being held at J. Reuben Long Detention Center, according to Horry County Police Sgt. Robert Kegler.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  A legislative committee is debating a bill that would prohibit any state money from being used on sexual reassignment surgery for inmates.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  State prison officials say Dameon Simpson and Kyle Norris were in Lawrenceville, Georgia Monday evening.

Sunday, January 15, 2012  State Prison officials are they're looking for two inmates who they say escaped from a work site Sunday morning in Florence County. Officials say Dameon Simpson and Kyle Norris are serving time at Palmer's Pre-release minimum security prison.

Thursday, January 27, 2011  Josh Gelinas, a spokesperson for the South Carolina Department of Corrections, says an inmate at Evans Correctional Institution in Bennettsville got sick Tuesday, and they thought he might have contracted spinal meningitis.

Monday, July 26, 2010  For three years, South Carolina's Department of Corrections has run a deficit. Now the agency has an innovative idea to cut costs and give inmates a chance to better themselves.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  The Horry County woman involved in a deadly hit-and-run in 2007 was accidentally released from prison before her sentence was complete.