Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI)

pantera17 · 08-12-2009, 11:02 PM

As a kid going into columbia i would ride by CCI, i was always amazed by it. It just seemed so big and mean. Being a history buff Ive tried looking it up on the Internet, but i only found a few pages on it. So does anybody know of a website that would have alot of info on it. Or share your stories about it.

Luke Skycocker · 08-12-2009, 11:12 PM

This is all I could find.

http://www.doc.sc.gov/institutions/brci.jsp

CarolinaGirl82 · 08-12-2009, 11:22 PM

I have nightmares about that place.....my so-called uncle was locked up in there and we visited him. I wouldn't care if that place burnt to the freakin ground......

pantera17 · 08-12-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by CarolinaGirl82

I have nightmares about that place.....my so-called uncle was locked up in there and we visited him. I wouldn't care if that place burnt to the freakin ground......

its gone now.... O.o

CarolinaGirl82 · 08-12-2009, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by pantera17

its gone now.... O.o

good

Luke Skycocker · 08-12-2009, 11:32 PM

I never saw it, so I'm not really sure.

carolina80 · 08-12-2009, 11:32 PM

I actually sat in the electric chair there.....we were on a class trip when I was in 7th grade.....It was just a plain old wooden chair, but it had leather straps on the arms and legs....nobody said I couldn't, so I did!

pantera17 · 08-12-2009, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolina80

I actually sat in the electric chair there.....we were on a class trip when I was in 7th grade.....It was just a plain old wooden chair, but it had leather straps on the arms and legs....nobody said I couldn't, so I did!

oh man thats crazy

Luke Skycocker · 08-12-2009, 11:51 PM

that's kinda creepy.

stiffolcock · 08-13-2009, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by carolina80

I actually sat in the electric chair there.....we were on a class trip when I was in 7th grade.....It was just a plain old wooden chair, but it had leather straps on the arms and legs....nobody said I couldn't, so I did!

i call BS!!!!!!! electricity had not been invented when you were in 7th grade!!!!! you only sat in "the chair", i bet it was facing a corner too.....

Spur's Addiction · 08-13-2009, 12:38 PM

I remember when they shut it down the the 90's. that place was creepy. Right in the middle of town next to a major road.

smoovecock · 08-13-2009, 01:20 PM

CCI was the meanest state owned pen in the Souteast....Death Row was there before they opened the new facilaties out behind SLED...Pee Wee Gaskins killed a man in that prison and that is the murder he actually got put to death for...Not the ones he committed on the outside...CCI also had this concorce the immates would walk thru to get from one part of the prison to the other and it was know as Gut Alley due to the fact that most of the shankings..(stabbings)...would happen in this area...Thus spilling alot of guts in said area....The prison was very cramp and also old.....If memory serves me correctly the South had held Union POW in the old cell block.....Another little side bar for you is if a convict did time in CCI the corrections officers who was over the inmates cell block would pool money together and but him a T-shirt that had printed on the front..I Survived CCI.....and you better belive the convicts who left CCI wore that shirt with pride....It kind of gave them some street cred...Or prison cred..

pantera17 · 08-13-2009, 02:31 PM

Thanks smoove for the info. Pts :)

carolina80 · 08-13-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by stiffolcock

i call BS!!!!!!! electricity had not been invented when you were in 7th grade!!!!! you only sat in "the chair", i bet it was facing a corner too.....

you don't know how long it took me to get through 7th grade!

wilsonhallbarons · 08-13-2009, 05:40 PM

interesting...

IHateOrange · 08-13-2009, 05:42 PM

My uncle's company was the one that tore CCI down. He has A LOT of crazy pictures and "artifacts" that were left behind.

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08-12-2009, 11:02 PM	#1
pantera17 Banned Male Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbia SC Posts: 12,054 CockyCash: 1057615	Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) As a kid going into columbia i would ride by CCI, i was always amazed by it. It just seemed so big and mean. Being a history buff Ive tried looking it up on the Internet, but i only found a few pages on it. So does anybody know of a website that would have alot of info on it. Or share your stories about it.

08-12-2009, 11:12 PM	#2
Luke Skycocker Doc Skycock Male Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Augusta Posts: 41,376 CockyCash: 103198788171	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) This is all I could find. http://www.doc.sc.gov/institutions/brci.jsp __________________

08-12-2009, 11:22 PM	#3
CarolinaGirl82 Short and Sassy Female Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate Posts: 5,234 CockyCash: 593	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) I have nightmares about that place.....my so-called uncle was locked up in there and we visited him. I wouldn't care if that place burnt to the freakin ground...... __________________ TOUCHDOWN CAROLINA!! 2010 & 2011 NCAA BASEBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!

08-12-2009, 11:32 PM	#6
Luke Skycocker Doc Skycock Male Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Augusta Posts: 41,376 CockyCash: 103198788171	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) I never saw it, so I'm not really sure. __________________

08-12-2009, 11:32 PM	#7
carolina80 Chaplain of CockyTalk Male Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Upstate SC Posts: 5,204 CockyCash: 200	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) I actually sat in the electric chair there.....we were on a class trip when I was in 7th grade.....It was just a plain old wooden chair, but it had leather straps on the arms and legs....nobody said I couldn't, so I did! __________________ I'm now an old alumnus with a grandchild on each knee, and I teach them that the alphabet begins with USC.

08-12-2009, 11:51 PM	#9
Luke Skycocker Doc Skycock Male Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Augusta Posts: 41,376 CockyCash: 103198788171	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) that's kinda creepy. __________________

08-13-2009, 12:38 PM	#11
Spur's Addiction Been caught moddin'... Male Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Raleigh (AKA ASheShe Central) Posts: 10,404 CockyCash: 200	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) I remember when they shut it down the the 90's. that place was creepy. Right in the middle of town next to a major road. __________________

08-13-2009, 01:20 PM	#12
smoovecock The Gamecock Pimps Daddy Male Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dixie Posts: 12,536 CockyCash: 200	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) CCI was the meanest state owned pen in the Souteast....Death Row was there before they opened the new facilaties out behind SLED...Pee Wee Gaskins killed a man in that prison and that is the murder he actually got put to death for...Not the ones he committed on the outside...CCI also had this concorce the immates would walk thru to get from one part of the prison to the other and it was know as Gut Alley due to the fact that most of the shankings..(stabbings)...would happen in this area...Thus spilling alot of guts in said area....The prison was very cramp and also old.....If memory serves me correctly the South had held Union POW in the old cell block.....Another little side bar for you is if a convict did time in CCI the corrections officers who was over the inmates cell block would pool money together and but him a T-shirt that had printed on the front..I Survived CCI.....and you better belive the convicts who left CCI wore that shirt with pride....It kind of gave them some street cred...Or prison cred.. __________________

08-13-2009, 02:31 PM	#13
pantera17 Banned Male Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbia SC Posts: 12,054 CockyCash: 1057615	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) Thanks smoove for the info. Pts :)

08-13-2009, 05:40 PM	#15
wilsonhallbarons Blunt Blowin' Male Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sumter Posts: 10,101 CockyCash: 10013328	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) interesting... __________________

08-13-2009, 05:42 PM	#16
IHateOrange I really hate clemson Male Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lexington, S.C. Posts: 3,279 CockyCash: 590	Re: Columbia Correctional Institute (CCI) My uncle's company was the one that tore CCI down. He has A LOT of crazy pictures and "artifacts" that were left behind. __________________ COCKY KONG! TATER HATER 4 LIFE! Memo to Lane Kiffin: Seven Gamecocks were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, delaying any possible careers at the gas station.

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