Prison security supervisor facing charges for 173 instances of smuggling

COLUMBIA, SC – A security supervisor at a South Carolina prison is facing federal charges after allegedly accepting over $219,000 in bribes and smuggling 173 contraband cellphones into the facility over a three-year span. Christine Mary Livingston, 46, was indicted earlier this month on 15 charges, including bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering. Livingston, a 16-year veteran of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, was promoted to captain at Broad River Correctional Institution in …

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