MCCORMICK, S.C. — An inmate has been killed at one of the state’s high security prisons. South Carolina Department of Corrections spokesman Dexter Lee tells The State the male prisoner was killed Sunday during a fight with another inmate at McCormick Correctional Institution in McCormick. The man hasn’t been identified pending notification of family. The incident triggered a lockdown of the prison. Authorities haven’t released details like how the inmate was killed. read more

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