Lieber Correctional Institution

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Lieber Correctional Institution
Lieber Correctional Institution
Location136 Wilborn Avenue
Ridgeville, South Carolina
Statusmaximum
Capacity1488
Opened1986
Managed by South Carolina Department of Corrections

The Lieber Correctional Institution is a maximum-security state prison for men located in Ridgeville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. [1]

The facility was opened in 1986 and has a capacity of 1488 inmates held at maximum security. Lieber has housed South Carolina's death row from April 12, 1997, when they were moved from Broad River Correctional Institution, until September 2017, when it was moved to Kirkland Correctional Institution.

Notable Inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Todd Kohlhepp 00372454 / SC02268108Serving a life sentence without parole.Serial Killer who originally murdered 4 people at a bike shop in 2003, but was not caught for this. [2] In 2016, Kohlhepp was arrested after Kate Brown, a lady he kidnapped, was found chained up on his property, which led to the discovery of the bodies of a married couple, and Brown's boyfriend. [3] [4] [5] Kohlhepp was then charged and convicted of all 7 murders. [6] [7] [8]
Dave Meggett 00343610Serving a 30 year sentence for burglary and criminal sexual assault.Former all-pro NFL player for the New York Giants, New England Patriots, and New York Jets. He was sentenced to prison for raping and robbing a College of Charleston student. He had previously served two years of probation for misdemeanor sexual battery.
Raymond Moody00389275 [9] Serving a life sentence. Was also sentenced to two consecutive 30-year sentences for the charges of criminal sexual assault and kidnapping. [10] Murdered Brittanee Drexel in April 2009 while she was on spring break in Myrtle Beach. [11]
Jesse Dewitt Osborne00382777 / SC02381155Serving two life sentences, later changed to two 75-year sentences. Scheduled for release in 2094.Perpetrator of the 2016 Townville Elementary School shooting in which he murdered his father, before driving to the previously mentioned school, and murdered student Jacob Hall.
Nathaniel David Rowland00386010 / SC02345739Serving a life sentence.Perpetrator of the 2019 Murder of Samantha Josephson in which she mistakenly thought she entered a Uber vehicle and Bowland proceeded to brutally stab her over 100 times. [12] [13] [14] [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lieber Correctional Institution". South Carolina Department of Corrections. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Writer, TONY TAYLOR Staff. "Greer bank slayings, war's impact in the Upstate also made headlines". Spartanburg Herald Journal. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  3. ↑ "Charles Carver dead: Kala Brown's boyfriend identified as body found on property - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  4. ↑ "Bodies Of Missing Married Couple Found On Suspected S.C. Kidnapper's Land" . Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  5. ↑ "Expert Says There Are Likely More Victims of Suspected Serial Killer Todd Kohlhepp". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  6. ↑ "S.C. suspected serial killer Todd Kohlhepp charged with three more murders". NBC News. 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  7. ↑ Mayo, Nikie. "South Carolina man accused of serial killings gets 7 life sentences". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  8. ↑ "Confessed Killer Pleads Guilty To 7 Murders Over A Dozen Years In South Carolina" . Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  9. ↑ https://public.doc.state.sc.us/scdc-public/inmateDetails.do?id=%2000389275
  10. ↑ https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/19/us/brittanee-drexel-raymond-douglas-moody-sentencing/index.html
  11. ↑ https://abcnews.go.com/US/raymond-moody-pleads-guilty-killing-missing-teen-brittanee/story?id=91730269
  12. ↑ "Samantha Josephson murder: Mother of University of South Carolina student killed in Uber ride mixup blasts suspect Nathaniel Rowland - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  13. ↑ "Life in prison for man in killing of South Carolina student who mistook his car for an Uber". NBC News. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  14. ↑ Liu, Michelle. "South Carolina man sentenced to life in prison for murder of college student who mistook his car for her Uber ride". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  15. ↑ "Man gets life for killing woman who mistook his car for Uber". AP News. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2024-01-22.

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