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Colo. prison chief's death highlights safety concerns for guards, wardens

...what she looks like," for fear she could be become a target, said Clark Newsom, spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections. "It's the nature of the business. The average person doesn't realize how dangerous this can be...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-03-24/colo-prison-chiefs-death-highlights
Wanda Dunaway

...Paul Herman Nichols and the late Marilyn Miller Nichols of Athens, Ga. She was formerly employed at South Carolina Department of Corrections in McCormick, S.C. and was a member of Hephzibah Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000160276977
Illegal immigrants increase in SC prisons

COLUMBIA -- The number of illegal immigrants housed by the South Carolina Department of Corrections has grown from 369 three years ago to 507.There are nearly 23,000 state prison inmates, and of those who are here illegally...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-11-09/illegal-immigrants-increase-
Graniteville sex offender found dead in prison

...from Graniteville 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...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2011-11-28/graniteville-sex-offen
Christmas open house at SC governor's mansion

...gingerbread houses modeled after the Gervais Street bridge and the Columbia skyline and wreaths made by the South Carolina Department of Corrections.The mansion also has a butterfly tree made by children from South Carolina and 30 other states. Haley's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-12-05/christmas-open-house-sc-gove
Officers searching for escaped inmate in Aiken

...Lower Savannah Pre-Release Center inmate in Aiken's Crosland Park subdivision. According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections, inmate Anthony Lewis walked away from the minimum-level security facility at approximately 1:38...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-09-28/officers-searching-escaped-i
Hammond Grove Word Power Ministry sponsors event for young men, parents

...on criminal behavior in Barton Village neighborhood. He also serves as a chaplain for inmates at the South Carolina Department of Corrections facility in McCormick."Prison life is not a good life," he said.Baskett prays that teenagers find...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-03-08/hammond-grove-word-power-min
Doris Mixon

...University and was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She served in the US Army and retired from the South Carolina Department of Corrections after 20 years. Sheis survived byher husband , Oliver Mixon, Jr.; four sisters, Delores Jones of...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000154752461
Corrections job aids pastor in ministry

...co-workers at the McCormick Correctional Institution. The 39-year-old husband and father was named South Carolina Department of Corrections 2009 Correctional Officer of the Year.He said his day job provides him with real-life examples to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-05-23/corrections-job-aids-pastor-m
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Faith-based facilities help boost inmates' morale

...said Polly Prather, the chairwoman of the chapel corporation.Jon Ozmint, the director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, spoke to community supporters and prison volunteers at the groundbreaking."In the end," he said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2010-03-12/faith-based-facilities
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