United States · South Carolina · Greenwood
Leath Correctional Institution
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Leath Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Greenwood County, South Carolina. Rated capacity: 652. Reported population: 666. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Leath Correctional Institution (LCIW) is a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison for women located in unincorporated Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States, near Greenwood. Leath opened in 1991. It is located just east of the Greenwood County Airport. The prison, on a 39-acre (16 ha) plot of land, has a capacity of 968.
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Capacity
652
Current population
666
Occupancy
102%
Year opened
1991
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1991
Region
South Carolina
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 102% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6510425)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Leath Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/leath-correctional-institution
"Leath Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/leath-correctional-institution.
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