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Justice for Liz Barraza
Prosecutors say a federal grand jury has indicted Alex Murdaugh on 22 financial fraud-related charges, including that he cheated his late housekeeper's estate and insurance carriers out of nearly $3.5 million.
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So his “job” was being a Wardkeeper Assistant from August 2 through August 19 ( when he got busted for abusing privileges) ?EXCLUSIVE: Ex-dormmate of Alex Murdaugh says disgraced convicted killer ran prison, got whatever he wanted
It was during the first week that the inmates got a preview of how life behind bars for Murdaugh was going to go inside the South Carolina Department of Corrections.www.11alive.com
Updated: 10:35 PM EDT September 2, 2023
An ex-dormmate who reached out to 11Alive’s Cody Alcorn, and asked to remain anonymous for security concerns, said this dormitory style building housed about 30 inmates at the time of his release this year.
The inmates are put into this unit for several reasons, including being former law enforcement, the notoriety of the inmate or case, their crimes involved children and inmates who helped prosecutors convict co-defendants.
“This guy, man, you would not believe the way they treat this guy," Murdaugh's ex-dormmate said in an interview with 11Alive.
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“We have tablets in SCDC. It takes about 60 days to get a tablet -- to get your first tablet -- and they’re always used, “he explained. He said most are not in good shape, recounting his tablet had a “cigarette burn" in it.
He said on the first Monday of rec, which is the time when inmates can leave their cells, a SCDC employee walked over to Murdaugh and handed him a brand new tablet. He explained it was still in the box with the clear film on the cover.
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When you look up an inmate who is in protective custody, it lists their location as "undisclosed" compared to inmates in general population, where it will list what facility they’re being housed inside.
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Murdaugh’s ex-dormmate said no one would complain outside of one another because Murdaugh would use his money as leverage when it came to the canteen items. And the other reason is because you don’t want to be labeled a snitch while you’re locked up, he explained.
He said inmates are allowed to spend up to $150 a week on canteen items.
“Murdaugh would get his $150 every week. And there’s a lot of guys in there that are indigent, and they work hard, clean cells or do laundry to just get a bag of coffee,” he explained.
He said Murdaugh would buy things on canteen that everybody likes, including things like sodas, coffee, food and then would just hand them out -- which he said is how he kept everyone under him like a hierarchy.