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5 plead guilty in SC prison bribery case

  • Skylar Laird

COLUMBIA — A South Carolina prison guard, inmate and three relatives of the inmate pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud in a bribery case, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Lowanda Atkinson, a 52-year-old guard at Lee Correctional Institution, accepted more than $550,000 from inmate Jason Brown and his relatives over the course of nearly […]

Oregon

Audit finds old tech, maintenance backlogs, staffing shortages plague Oregon prisons

  • Shaanth Nanguneri

Oregon’s prison system faces a nearly $900 million backlog in maintenance operations, lacks adequate personnel and uses old technological systems that could harm efforts at public safety, according to a new state audit. The 40-page Wednesday review of the Oregon Department of Corrections from the Oregon Secretary of State found that “crumbling facilities, staffing shortages, […]