The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of South Carolina . It currently has about 4,500 employees and just over 15,000 inmates, in 21 institutions. The agency has its headquarters in Columbia .
6-698: The Broad River Correctional Institution ( BRCI ) is a South Carolina Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Columbia, South Carolina . South Carolina's execution chamber is located in Broad River. The adjacent Kirkland Correctional Institution lies just to its south side. The prison opened in 1988. In January 1990, death row inmates were moved from the Central Correctional Institution to Broad River. In 1990, executions began at BRCI. On April 12, 1997, death row inmates were moved to
12-407: A United States prison is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . South Carolina Department of Corrections The South Carolina penal system was essentially founded in 1866, when the first state penitentiary was constructed. The SCDC was created in 1960, when the state governor decided to end abuses in the previous system (particularly the use of convict labor on private property as
18-470: A form of political reward). The new SCDC removed chains and stripes from inmates' uniforms, and it established inmate education programs. The numbers of inmates since the SCDC creation are as follows: 2,073 (1960); 2,705 (1970); 7,869 (1980); 16,149 (1990); 22,053 (2000); 24,710 (2010); 16,169 (2020). The Palmetto Unified School District (PUSD), established in 1981, provides educational services to inmates in
24-692: The Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution . Executions occur at the Broad River Correctional Institution . From 1912 to January 1990 male death row inmates were housed in the Central Correctional Institution (CCI). BRCI held male death row inmates from January 1990 to April 12, 1997, when male death row inmates were moved to Lieber. In September 2017, male death row inmates were moved to Kirkland. From 1912 to 1986 executions were carried out at CCI. From 1990 onwards executions occur at BRCI. Since
30-517: The Lieber Correctional Institution . In September 2017, death row inmates were moved to Kirkland Correctional Institution . On July 11, 2019, death row inmates were moved from Kirkland Correctional Institution to the housing unit that was originally built for them at Broad River. This article related to a building or structure in Columbia, South Carolina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
36-462: The system. The district board of trustees meetings are held at the William D. Leeke Administration Building. In 2018, press reports indicated the department was short five hundred corrections officers. Even though the main state penitentiary is Lee Correctional Institution , the state's death row for men is located at Broad River Correctional Institution. The state's death row for women is located at
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