Prisons are a necessary evil. People are only human after all. Some of them make mistakes and some make egregious mistakes. For those we have to have special prisons. The ones that claim to be Level 3 – in South Carolina- are the ones for the people known as “long timers”; the ones who will probably never see the light of day from the other side of that razor wire fence. Here are 7 deadly prisons that can only be found in South Carolina.
- Leiber Correctional Instituion
Leiber Correctional Institution/FB This is the deadliest prison in South Carolina. At any given time there are fewer than 300 guards to watch over the full prison. Riots are frequent, the smell is atrocious. And, death row is a real thing here. Probably more real that you can believe. Here is housed Stephen Stanko from Murrells Inlet who will never again be a free man.
- Lee Correctional Facility
Lee Correctional Facility/FB Lee Correctional has been in the news more times than I’m sure South Carolina would like due to the more than frequent riots. Too many times guards are taken hostage by the prisoners who then send out pictures of what they have done on cell phones.
- Leath Correctional Institution (Women’s Prison)
Leath Correctional Institution/FB You may know Leath Correctional Institution because of who stays there…Susan Smith.
- Kirkland R&E
martin/Flickr Kirkland is in Columbia and has its own share of stories including the one that surrounds Johnny Brewer (who beat death row only to kill himself with hanging), Jimmy Causey (a kidnapper who is in for life), and Stephen Beckham who is in for hiring a contract killer to kill his wife whom you will know as the daughter of State Senator Jim Lander.
- Graham Camille-Griffin Correctional (Woman’s)
Graham Camille-Griffin Correctional/FB Yes, you guessed it. Susan Smith stayed here for a while too. She seems to have been bounced around South Carolina prisons due to behavior unbecoming of a lady.
- Perry Correctional Institution
Perry Correctional Institution/FB In 1985, Perry Correctional was top news due to the fact that a strange women tried to hijack a helicopter to rescue some inmates. You may know or remember one of them as James Rodney Leonard who murdered a teacher in 1983.
- Broad River Correctional Institution
Broad River Correctional Institution/FB If these were rated by which one housed the worst crimina, this one would have made the top of the list. You may or may not know this, but this was the last home of Pee Wee Gaskins; the most notorious serial killer of South Carolina.
This is a short video showing the South Carolina Department of Corrections Death Row. It’s a few years old so there have been a few changes since then, but it’s very informative.
Leiber Correctional Institution/FB
This is the deadliest prison in South Carolina. At any given time there are fewer than 300 guards to watch over the full prison. Riots are frequent, the smell is atrocious. And, death row is a real thing here. Probably more real that you can believe. Here is housed Stephen Stanko from Murrells Inlet who will never again be a free man.
Lee Correctional Facility/FB
Lee Correctional has been in the news more times than I’m sure South Carolina would like due to the more than frequent riots. Too many times guards are taken hostage by the prisoners who then send out pictures of what they have done on cell phones.
Leath Correctional Institution/FB
You may know Leath Correctional Institution because of who stays there…Susan Smith.
martin/Flickr
Kirkland is in Columbia and has its own share of stories including the one that surrounds Johnny Brewer (who beat death row only to kill himself with hanging), Jimmy Causey (a kidnapper who is in for life), and Stephen Beckham who is in for hiring a contract killer to kill his wife whom you will know as the daughter of State Senator Jim Lander.
Graham Camille-Griffin Correctional/FB
Yes, you guessed it. Susan Smith stayed here for a while too. She seems to have been bounced around South Carolina prisons due to behavior unbecoming of a lady.
Perry Correctional Institution/FB
In 1985, Perry Correctional was top news due to the fact that a strange women tried to hijack a helicopter to rescue some inmates. You may know or remember one of them as James Rodney Leonard who murdered a teacher in 1983.
Broad River Correctional Institution/FB
If these were rated by which one housed the worst crimina, this one would have made the top of the list. You may or may not know this, but this was the last home of Pee Wee Gaskins; the most notorious serial killer of South Carolina.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t even want to have to visit these places. South Carolina has some really bad people behind bars, but don’t forget that there are also people who were imprisoned unjustly. The Justice system is not infallible. It’s run by humans and just like the ones behind the bars, and neither are perfect.
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