Inmate killed in SC prison, and his death is believed to be a homicide, officials say

An inmate died at a South Carolina prison Tuesday, and his death is being investigated as a suspected homicide, according to the the state Department of Corrections .

Idris Wasim Ballard-Gallardo, 23, died at Lee Correctional Institution, the S.C. Department of Corrections said in a news release. That’s the same prison where seven inmates were killed and 17 more were injured during a violent incident in 2018.

Ballard-Gallardo was stabbed while he was in a common area of his assigned housing unit at the prison in Bishopville, according to the release…

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