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Prosecutors: Gangsters in SC prisons ordered murders, ran drug empire with cell phones


U.S. Attorney for South Carolina Peter McCoy. Gang members imprisoned in South Carolina used contraband cellphones to run a sprawling drug empire that left a trail of violence and death in the Palmetto State, according to a federal grand jury investigation. File/Andrew J. Whitaker/Staff
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Corrections Director Bryan Stirling talks during a tour of Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, April 10, 2019. File/AP
Meg Kinnard
COLUMBIA — Gang members imprisoned in South Carolina’s Department of Corrections used contraband cellphones to run a sprawling drug empire that left a trail of violence and death in the Palmetto State, according to a massive federal grand jury investigation unveiled Thursday. ....

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