...Corrections in 1999 after serving a three-year sentence for second-degree burglary, said department spokeswoman Cheryl Bates-Lee. In that case, police also identified Mr. Frazier from a fingerprint found at the scene, court records stated...

...Joseph F. Smith, 23, and David Haug, 24, walked away from the center about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, spokeswoman Cheryl Bates-Lee said. Guards realized the two men had escaped when an inmate told them they were missing, Ms. Bates-Lee said...

...escaped in a stolen white Chrysler New Yorker with the license tag 499 NDK, said Corrections Department spokeswoman Cheryl Bates-Lee. Mr. Bergencer was in the Wateree Correctional Institution for grand larceny and Mr. Ivester was serving time...

...said. Mr. Fischer, 74, had a history of emphysema and died Saturday, apparently of natural causes, spokeswoman Cheryl Bates-Lee said. In a sworn deposition, Mr. Fischer admitted molesting more than 40 boys during four decades of teaching...

...nor condemn the exchange. "It is not up to us to encourage. They can write letters to whom they wish," said Cheryl Bates-Lee, a spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections. "Do we encourage that they write to publications...

...Lexington County sheriff's deputies at a West Columbia motel about 9 p.m., Corrections Department spokeswoman Cheryl Bates-Lee said. The women had last been seen at the State Park Correctional Institution dumping trash at 5:50 a.m. They...

...staff has been tremendous. They are providing around-the-clock treatment for the inmates," prisons spokeswoman Cheryl Bates-Lee said. Salmonella is caused by a bacteria most commonly found in milk products or chicken that is left unrefrigerated...

...Devone James were taken to Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital on Saturday night. South Carolina State spokeswoman Cheryl Bates-Lee said the two were in fair and serious condition after being treated for carbon monoxide-like symptoms. Ms. Bates-Lee...

...Roberson leaned against a window in the lobby of Nance Hall when it shattered Thursday afternoon, school spokeswoman Cheryl Bates-Lee said. Mr. Roberson was in fair condition at the Orangeburg Regional Medical Center, where he was being treated...

...ideas being examined by prison officials is an increase in the rates charged for the use of inmate labor crews, said Cheryl Bates-Lee, a spokeswoman for the agency. The rates rose last year, she said, from $4 to $6 per inmate per day. Officials...