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located in

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, near Greenwood. Leath opened in 1991. It is located just east of the

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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. In the early 1990s a company called Third Generation contracted the manufacture of women's underwear to 35 Leath prisoners. These prisoners produced about $1.5 million worth of clothing.

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, and other companies bought this underwear for resale. This was revealed in a 1995 National Institute for Justice study. The contract was terminated by the mid-1990s. The prison's Braille Production Center, in which inmates make

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materials for schoolchildren, opened in 2002.Leath Correctional Institution
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Demographics

the prison has 105 corrections officers and 40 non-security personnel, as well as 562 prisoners.

Notable inmates

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References

Openings and Closings of South Carolina Prisons

External links

Leath Correctional Institution WebsiteSouth Carolina Department of Corrections
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History

Demographics

Notable inmates

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