Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more information about the drug that will kill him.

Governor Henry McMaster Names Next Director of the S.C. Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services

A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection. His execution is scheduled for the end of this month.

Federal investigators have found in a report that a large South Carolina jail vastly underreports the violence behind its walls, lets dozens of inmates go unsupervised for long periods and lets crimes

I did what I did cause she was being sneaky,” the man said in a message following the shooting, according to the solicitor’s office.

The court’s decision aided and abetted a cover-up of the conditions and treatment of South Carolina prisoners and death row inmates. It eviscerated the First Amendment guarantee of press freedom and undermined the public’s ability to make informed decisions about the state’s correctional policies.

Mr. Bowman and his legal team still have significant concerns about the quality of the lethal injection drugs used in South Carolina executions because the Department of Corrections continues to refuse to provide any basic information about the drugs ...

Governor Henry McMaster announced the nomination of a new director of the South Carolina Department of Probations, Pardons and Parole Servi

Stabbings, sexual assaults and drug use are rampant in the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center because of staff shortages and security failures, a Justice Department investigation found.

Few options remain for Marion Bowman Jr., who is set to be executed on Jan. 31, 2025 for the murder of Kandee Martin in Dorchester County.

Most recently, he served as the deputy director of programs and services for the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC). It's that experience at the Corrections Department--he joked to ...

McMaster named Jake Gadsden, Jr. to head the agency at an announcement Thursday at the South Carolina State House. Gadsden currently serves as deputy director for Programs, Reentry and Rehabilitative Services for the S.C. Department of Corrections.