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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.

Friday, January 11, 2013  Judge Edward Cottingham sentenced Marquis Evans to three years in the State Department of Corrections for Receiving Stolen Goods, value $2,000 to $10,000.

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.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Myrtle Beach Police arrested a fugitive from North Carolina on Sunday.

Friday, September 14, 2012  A corrections officer is safe and has been freed after being taken hostage by inmates at a maximum-security prison in Lee County.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  Surfside Beach Police and investigators from the SC Department of Corrections located and arrested fugitive Billy Jack Hanna after a six day long undercover operation.

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.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  The SC Department of Corrections is investigating if Rodney Ivey, a man sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife, has a Facebook account.

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.