Inmate sues SC Department of Corrections following stabbing A lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections alleges an inmate attacked another inmate at a state prison while correctional officers failed to intervene. (Source: Live 5 News/SC Courts) By Alexis Simmons | December 29, 2020 at 3:07 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 7:23 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections alleges an inmate attacked another inmate at a state prison while correctional officers failed to intervene.
The lawsuit states the incident happened at McCormick Correctional Institution in the upstate.
It was filed less than two weeks before an incident on Sunday at the same facility where authorities say inmates locked a correctional officer in a cell. The inmate suing, Joshua E. Brown, is from North Charleston.
Officer locked in cell by inmates at high security South Carolina prison
Inmates attempting to escape a high security South Carolina prison locked an officer in a cell Sunday night. Officials say the incident is now over. Author: WLTX Updated: 12:32 AM EST December 28, 2020
MCCORMICK COUNTY, S.C. An officer was locked in a cell by inmates at a high security South Carolina prison Sunday night in an escape attempt. Officials say the incident is now over.
Officials with the S.C. Department of Corrections (SCDC) say an officer at McCormick Correctional Institution was locked in a cell Sunday night by inmates. Five inmates were later caught near an interior prison yard fence about 6 p.m., but no one escaped.
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