A South Carolina prison official is facing charges related to a series of offenses and stands accused of having accepted over $219,000 in bribes and smuggling 173 contraband cell phones for inmates.
Her case represents one of many highlighting more widespread issues of corruption in South Carolina’s prison system.
A supervisor who managed security at a South Carolina prison accepted more than $219,000 in bribes over three years and got 173 contraband cellphones for inmates, according to federal prosecutors.
Christine Mary Livingston, 46, was indicted earlier this month on 15 charges including bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.
Livingston worked for the South Carolina Department of Corrections for 16 years. She was promoted to captain at Broad River Correctional Institution in 2016, which put her in charge of security at the medium-security Columbia prison,…
