By Christian Boschult cb os c hult@postand c ourier. c om Feb 25, 2026 SPARTANBURG — South Carolina inmates used to represent a large chunk of those receiving free publications from Asheville Prison Books, which sends hundreds of free titles most months to incarcerated people in the Carolinas. But that was before October, when the S.C. Department of Corrections banned inmates from receiving books from anyone but six specific book sellers chosen by corrections staff. Inmates c

Jon Ozmint, a former director of the S.C. Department of Corrections, contends that the state parole system is dysfunctional and unfair....