Broad River Correctional Institution
Broad River Correctional Institution (BRCI) is a South Carolina Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Columbia, South Carolina.[1] The State of South Carolina execution chamber is located in Broad River.[2] The adjacent Kirkland Correctional Institution lies just to its south side.
| Location | 4460 Broad River Road Columbia, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°04′27″N 81°05′52″W |
| Opened | 1988 |
| Managed by | South Carolina Department of Corrections |
| Warden | Michael Stephan |
The prison opened in 1988.[1] In January 1990, the death row inmates were moved from the Central Correctional Institution to Broad River. In 1990, executions began at BRCI. On April 12, 1997, death row inmates were moved to the Lieber Correctional Institution.[2] In September 2017, death row inmates were moved to Kirkland Correctional Institution. On July 11, 2019, death row inmates were moved from Kirkland Correctional Institution to the housing unit that was originally built for them at Broad River.[3]
Notable inmates
Death Row
- Quincy Allen – Serial killer who murdered four people.
- Steven Bixby – Perpetrator of the 2003 standoff in Abbeville, South Carolina.
- Richard Bernard Moore – Convicted of murdering a convenience store clerk during a robbery.
- Stephen Stanko – Convicted murderer who killed two people.
- James William Wilson, Jr. – Perpetrator of the Oakland Elementary School shooting.
Executed
- John Arnold – Executed March 6, 1998, for the racially-motivated murder of Betty Gardner.
- Joseph Ernest Atkins – Executed January 23, 1999, for the murders of Karen Patterson and Benjamin F. Atkins.
- Larry Gene Bell – Executed October 4, 1996, for the murders of Sharon Faye Smith and Debra Helmick.
- Joseph Gardner – Executed December 5, 2008, for the murder of Melissa McLauchlin.
- Donald Henry Gaskins – Executed September 6, 1991, for the murder of Rudolph Tyner, a fellow inmate on death row.
- Shawn Paul Humphries – Executed December 2, 2005, for the murder of Dickie Smith.
- Richard Longworth – Executed April 15, 2005, for the murders of Alex Hopps and James Green.
- John Plath – Executed July 10, 1998, for the racially-motivated murder of Betty Gardner.
- James Earl Reed – Executed June 20, 2008, for the murders of Barbara and Joseph Lafayette.
- David Rocheville – Executed December 3, 1999, for the murders of Alex Hopps and James Green.
- Michael Torrence – Executed September 6, 1996, for the murders of Dennis Lollis, Charles Bush, and Cynthia Williams.
- James Neil Tucker – Executed May 28, 2004, for the murders of Rosa Lee Dolly Oakley and Shannon Mellon.
- Hastings Arthur Wise – Executed November 4, 2005, for the murders of Charles Griffeth, David Moore, Leonard Filyaw, and Sheryl Wood.
Non-Death Row
- Todd Kohlhepp – Serial killer, mass murderer, and rapist who pled guilty to 7 murders, 2 kidnappings, and 1 sexual assault in 2017.
References
- "Broad River Correctional Institution Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine". South Carolina Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.
- "Death Row/Capital Punishment Archived 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine". South Carolina Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.
- Miller, Kiana. "SCDC moves Death Row from Kirkland to Broad River Correctional Institution". wistv.com. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
External links
- South Carolina Department of Corrections Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
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