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Six Lifers Remain in Local Jails Under Trusty Program
Six inmates serving life for murder in South Carolina are housed in county jails rather than state prisons, with at least one working outside the walls. Nathan Lipscomb, a former Gaffney optometrist, has been at Pickens County jail since 1994 as a state inmate worker, cutting grass and trimming weeds. The program saves communities about $10 million annually and uses 39 local jails statewide. Jail officials screen inmates. some object to life-term offenders in the program. Local officials and victims groups question the policy and potential risks to public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Corrections Department
Donna Hodges
Gaffney
Nathan Lipscomb
Lipscomb
Pickens County
David Stone
Stone
State Corrections Department
Hodges
Laura Hudson
South Carolina Victims Assistance Network
Senate Corrections Committee
Mike Fair