Man found dead in SC maximum-security prison, officials say
Authorities are investigating after an inmate turned up dead at one of South Carolina’s maximum security prisons, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
The inmate, who was identified as Alan Fields, 29, died Wednesday morning at Lieber Correctional Institution, SCDC spokesman Dexter Lee said.
The inmate was found unresponsive in his cell, Lee said.
Dorchester County Coroner Paul Brouthers said fields was found hanging from a bedsheet in his cell. An autopsy has yet to be performed.
Lieber Correctional, located in Ridgeville, houses some of SCDC’s most violent offenders, according to the department’s website.
SCDC’s police services division will be investigating the incident, Lee said.
The inmate will be publicly identified once his family has been notified of his passing, Lee added.
Fields was serving a 30 year sentence on charges of voluntary manslaughter and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, according to SCDC documents. He was incarcerated in April 2012.
According to reports from the Times & Democrat, Fields was arrested and pleaded guilty after shootings in Calhoun and Orangeburg County, in which one victim died.
Investigators believed Fields and a co-conspirator planned the murder by text message, ultimately robbing and killing Taneris Hamilton, according to the Times & Democrat.
This story was originally published November 28, 2018 at 4:55 PM.
