Leath Correctional Institution (LCIW) is a
South Carolina Department of Corrections
The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It currently has about 4,500 employees and just over 15,000 inmates, in 21 institutions. The agency has its headqu ...
prison for women
The Prison For Women ("P4W"; french: Prison des femmes), located in Kingston, Ontario, was a Correctional Service of Canada prison for women that functioned at a maximum security level from 1934 to 2000.
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located in
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* Greenwood County, South Carolina
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. Leath opened in 1991. It is located just east of the
Greenwood County Airport
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The prison, on a plot of land, has a capacity of 968.
[Leath Correctional Institution]
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History
The prison opened in September 1991.
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contracted the manufacture of women's underwear to 35 Leath prisoners. These prisoners produced about $1.5 million worth of clothing. J.C. Penney
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, Victoria's Secret
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, and other companies bought this underwear for resale. This was revealed in a 1995 National Institute for Justice
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study. The contract was terminated by the mid-1990s.
The prison's Braille Production Center, in which inmates make braille
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materials for schoolchildren, opened in 2002.[Leath Correctional Institution]
" South Carolina Department of Corrections
The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It currently has about 4,500 employees and just over 15,000 inmates, in 21 institutions. The agency has its headqu ...
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The current chapel was dedicated on February 21, 2013.[Leath Correctional Institution]
" South Carolina Department of Corrections
The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It currently has about 4,500 employees and just over 15,000 inmates, in 21 institutions. The agency has its headqu ...
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Demographics
the prison has 105 corrections officers and 40 non-security personnel, as well as 562 prisoners.[
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Notable inmates
*Susan Smith
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South Carolina Department of Corrections
The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It currently has about 4,500 employees and just over 15,000 inmates, in 21 institutions. The agency has its headqu ...
. Retrieved on 2007-11-22.
See also
* List of SCDC prisons
References
Openings and Closings of South Carolina Prisons
External links
Leath Correctional Institution Website
South Carolina Department of Corrections
Buildings and structures in Greenwood County, South Carolina
Women's prisons in the United States
State prisons in South Carolina
1991 establishments in South Carolina
History of women in South Carolina
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