...convictions.The Afghan national is serving a 30-year sentence in Perry Correctional Institution in Pelzer, said corrections spokesman Clark Newsom. His release date is at the end of 2029, and there are no plans to ask federal officials to intervene...
...was found dead outside his cell in McCormick Correctional Institution on Saturday.South Carolina Department of Corrections spokesman Clark Newsom said Monday evening that Ricky Cooper, 49, who was serving a 20-year sentence for criminal sexual...
...miles from Huntsville, but none of the facility's approximately 2,100 inmates escaped. Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said there were no reports of injuries, but the roof was damaged on two large prison dormitories...
...lockdown this weekend after a Friday incident in which some inmates refused to return to their cells.Department of Corrections spokesman Clark Newsom says the lockdown began shortly after 5:40 p.m. Friday when some prisoners who were being taken...
...Savannah Pre-Release Center on Wire Road in Aiken shortly before midnight Friday, South Carolina Department of Corrections spokesman Josh Gelinas said in a news release. Mr. Frazier will be moved to the maximum-security Broad River Correctional...
...over-the-air broadcast TV. For instance, one prison in Taylorsville has 40 over-the-air TVs, Department of Corrections spokesman Keith Acree said. The agency is trying to determine whether multiple televisions can be hooked up to a single...
...their mind," she said. Lantz stands by the program and looks forward to its rebuilding, said Department of Correction spokesman Brian Garnett. "It's back in session and we're moving forward," he said. The stories in the women's...
...and is scheduled for release from Goodman Women's Correction Institution in Columbia in April, South Carolina Corrections spokesman Dennis Patterson said. Meanwhile, Aiken's "Baby Doe," a healthy 8-pound, 6-ounce boy, will be placed...
...Douglas County, was convicted in November 1984 of the rape and murder of an 8-year-old Douglas County child, corrections spokesman Scott Stallings said. His execution is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, in Jackson. There are 125 inmates...
...from a cash register. Mr. Mincey's execution went according to procedures set by the state's Department of Corrections, spokesman Scott Stallings said. It was over within 30 minutes, he said. The corrections staff researched lethal injection...
The Augusta Chronicle ©2011. All Rights Reserved.