Hundreds more charges filed in ‘Prison Empire’ drug conspiracy investigation

By Jason Evans

Staff Reporter

jevans@thepccourier.com

STATE — The South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued indictments containing nearly 500 charges against 100 defendants in the “Prison Empire” investigation, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Monday.

Many of those indicted face charges in Pickens County.

Wilson held a press conference on “Prison Empire” Monday afternoon.

“About a year and a half ago, we had a round of indictments come through on a very complex drug trafficking conspiracy that was being run out of South Carolina prison systems,” Wilson said.

At that time, Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark said the State Grand Jury investigation began in