BISHOPVILLE, S.C. — Seven inmates were killed and at least 17 more were injured in seven hours of chaos at a maximum security prison holding some of the state's most dangerous convicts, authorities ...

COLUMBIA — South Carolina legislators agreed Wednesday to jump-start a debate on sentencing reform following an hours-long riot at a state prison in Lee County that left seven dead and 22 injured. The ...

Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said ...

A 33-year-old prisoner died one day after a 37-year-old inmate at the same prison was attacked and killed, officials said.