Authorities say Leo Jermaine Cheeks, an inmate at Lee Correctional Institution, died in the facility. Cheeks was found ...

Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) ...

Cheeks’ death will be investigated by the SCDC Inspector General’s office, with assistance from the S.C. Law Enforcement ...

Autopsy results following SC's firing-squad execution of Mikal Mahdi in April show bullets largely missed his heart, ...

The South Carolina Department of Corrections said Leo Cheeks ... also no longer being investigated as “suspicious,” per the SCDC.

A 40-year-old inmate died under suspicious circumstances at Lee Correctional just weeks after being transferred, spurring a ...

A South Carolina Department of Corrections inmate who walked off his job at a Florence Bojangles on Thursday night was ...