Five South Carolina inmates have been charged with crimes committed while incarcerated, including murder and assaults on ...

Lax security and chronic understaffing at a Bennettsville prison is to blame for the 2023 death of an inmate following an ...

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...

South Carolina inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets.

Mikal Mahdi, who killed a South Carolina police officer during a multi-state crime spree, has chosen to die by firing squad.

South Carolina Execution FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left.

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was sentenced to death in 2006 for the murder of an off-duty Orangeburg police captain. Mahdi was in the middle of a multi-state crime spree during which he also killed a ...

Housing, flooding, safety and public health are all essential needs, and the topics were part of the discussion at the recent ...

FILE - This photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. The ...