The death of an inmate at Broad River Correctional Facility is being investigated as a homicide.
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Authorities are investigating a suspected homicide after an inmate at the Broad River Correctional Institution died on June 30.
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James Harrison Pennington, 44, died in his cell at the Columbia prison.
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Pennington pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct in 2019 in Cherokee County according to South Carolina court records. He was expected to be released in 2025.
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The South Carolina Department of Corrections, South Carolina Law Enforcement and the Richland County Coroner’s office are investigating the death and the coroner’s office plans to conduct an autopsy.
Sydney Dunlap is a reporter for The State covering general news. She attended the University of South Carolina, where she served as editor of the university’s student newspaper, The Daily Gamecock. His writing and photography have won awards locally and nationally.