Civil Plaintiff
The South Carolina Prison Tries to Settle With Families and Victims of a Prison Riot for $6 Million
The South Carolina Department of Corrections is seeking approval for a $6 million settlement with the victims and their families of the deadly 2018 prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution.
Corrections is asking the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to approve the settlement to end more than 80 lawsuits that were filed in the wake of the riot, which left seven dead and more than a dozen injured, according to documents filed on the Authority’s website.
The SFAA is scheduled to discuss the settlement during its meeting Tuesday morning.
