The S.C. Department of Corrections is searching for an inmate who walked away from the minimum security Coastal Pre-Release Center in Charleston, on Monday. Vernon Edward Gardner, 42, was discovered missing from the institution about 12:30 p.m.

Apprehension efforts are underway for a minimum security inmate missing from Campbell Pre-Release Center in Columbia. David Edwards, 23, was last seen at his work assignment at the Columbia Farms poultry plant in West Columbia, about 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

According to Josh Gelinas, the communications director for the South Carolina Department of Corrections the search is on for a minimum security inmate who walked away from Lower Savannah Pre-Release Center, in Aiken. Patrick Frazier, 22, was confirmed missing from the minimum security institution on Wire Road at 11:50 p.m. Thursday. UPDATE: Frazier has turned himself into the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.

Escaped inmate Rayshawn James, who walked away from the minimum-security Palmer Pre-Release Center in Florence, S.C. on June 28, 2008, was taken into custody Tuesday night in Johnston County, N.C.

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a condemned Georgia inmate’s request that his execution be delayed, as he attempts to prove his innocence. The inmate, Troy Davis, has gained international support for his long-standing claim that he did not murder a Savannah police officer, nearly two decades ago. Don Logana has more on the case.

An inmate has died three days after he was found hanging in a South Carolina county jail. The Greenville News reported that 18-year-old Dean C. Durham of Greenville died about 6:40 p.m. Wednesday at a local hospital.

The search for an escaped inmate continues, in Burke County. It’s been one week since the suspect fled from the Burke County Jail. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has the latest. UPDATE: Jerry Lee Jones has been captured in North Carolina.

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office needs assistance from the public in locating a inmate, which was a trustee, that walked away from a work detail Tuesday morning. The inmate, 44-year-old Jerry Lee Jones, who is 5’9” tall, weighing 135 lbs., was last wearing a white shirt and pants with the Burke County Sheriff’s Office on the back of the shirt.

Authorities say they’ve recaptured a South Carolina inmate that walked away from a work detail seven months ago. WSPA-TV in Spartanburg reported Friday that Rahmad Norman is back in custody. He faces several charges for his escape, including resisting arrest.

A South Carolina inmate who walked away from his job at a poultry plant in Dillon has been recaptured. The Corrections Department said 41-year-old James McCracken was captured around 1:40 a.m. Wednesday while hiding under a bridge near Galivants Ferry. They say McCracken left the Perdue Farms plant Tuesday afternoon.

An inmate who escaped a South Carolina prison was recaptured on Mother’s Day, at mom’s house. The State reported that 26-year-old Dustin Fleming escaped from the Campbell Pre-Release Center in Columbia early Sunday.

An inmate who escaped a South Carolina prison was recaptured on Mother’s Day, at mom’s house. The State reported that 26-year-old Dustin Fleming escaped from the Campbell Pre-Release Center in Columbia early Sunday.

Georgia is set to put to death a white supremacist who killed one of his followers for not obeying orders. William Mark Mize is set to be put to death at 7 p.m. Tuesday for the 1994 murder of Eddie Tucker, a white follower who was fatally shot after he failed to burn down what Mize considered to be a crack house in nearby Athens.

A DeKalb County Jail inmate is in the hospital after sheriff’s officials say he fell from the roof during an apparent escape attempt.

South Carolina prison officials say they’ve captured an inmate who walked away from a work-release job last week. Corrections Department spokesman Josh Gelinas said 38-year-old Christopher Campbell was caught by police in Bennettsville about 11:45 last night. Gelinas did not immediately have details on the arrest.