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Location | 2809 Airport Road Greenwood, South Carolina |
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Status | open |
Security class | medium (female facility) |
Capacity | 968 |
Opened | 1991 |
Managed by | South Carolina Department of Corrections |
Leath Correctional Institution (LCIW) is a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison for women located in unincorporated Greenwood County, South Carolina, near Greenwood. [1] Leath opened in 1991. [2] It is located just east of the Greenwood County Airport.
The prison, on a 39-acre (16 ha) plot of land, has a capacity of 968. [3]
The prison opened in September 1991. [3]
In the early 1990s a company called Third Generation contracted the manufacture of women's underwear to 35 Leath prisoners. These prisoners produced about $1.5 million worth of clothing. J.C. Penney, Victoria's Secret, and other companies bought this underwear for resale. This was revealed in a 1995 National Institute for Justice study. The contract was terminated by the mid-1990s. [4]
The prison's Braille Production Center, in which inmates make braille materials for schoolchildren, opened in 2002. [5]
The current chapel was dedicated on February 21, 2013. [6]
As of 2016 [update] the prison has 105 corrections officers and 40 non-security personnel, as well as 562 prisoners. [3]
34°15′11″N 82°08′44″W / 34.25306°N 82.14556°W
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Location | 2809 Airport Road Greenwood, South Carolina |
---|---|
Status | open |
Security class | medium (female facility) |
Capacity | 968 |
Opened | 1991 |
Managed by | South Carolina Department of Corrections |
Leath Correctional Institution (LCIW) is a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison for women located in unincorporated Greenwood County, South Carolina, near Greenwood. [1] Leath opened in 1991. [2] It is located just east of the Greenwood County Airport.
The prison, on a 39-acre (16 ha) plot of land, has a capacity of 968. [3]
The prison opened in September 1991. [3]
In the early 1990s a company called Third Generation contracted the manufacture of women's underwear to 35 Leath prisoners. These prisoners produced about $1.5 million worth of clothing. J.C. Penney, Victoria's Secret, and other companies bought this underwear for resale. This was revealed in a 1995 National Institute for Justice study. The contract was terminated by the mid-1990s. [4]
The prison's Braille Production Center, in which inmates make braille materials for schoolchildren, opened in 2002. [5]
The current chapel was dedicated on February 21, 2013. [6]
As of 2016 [update] the prison has 105 corrections officers and 40 non-security personnel, as well as 562 prisoners. [3]
34°15′11″N 82°08′44″W / 34.25306°N 82.14556°W