PICKENS Co., SC (WSPA) - The new Pickens County jail, which is scheduled for completion in a few weeks, may not open as planned.

Pickens County's brand new detention center now has inmates, months after it was expected to open. Inmates were transported to the new jail Wednesday, according to a statement from the county.

Jail needs to hire 22 new corrections officers as higher paying jail jobs are taking Pickens County jailers, sheriff says.

A former officer at the Pickens County Detention Center was arrested after an investigation into sexual misconduct by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

The new county jail still must fill about 20 currently vacant jail staffing positions before it can open the doors to its new facility, according to Sheriff Rick Clark.

A Pickens County Detention Center officer was arrested Friday, according to Renée Wunderlich with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.SLED agents arrested Chester Randall Pierce Ouzts, 58, of ...

Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark is tired of locking up repeat offenders, releasing them and locking them up again later.

Trotter worked as a detention officer for Pickens County for three years, starting in 2009 and then as a deputy until he left.

PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — A formerPickens County Sheriff’s Office detention center officer was arrested and charged in connection with the theft of 90,000 Mexican Pesos valued at more than ...