Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution is South Carolina's primary women's prison and the statewide reception center where every female offender starts her SCDC sentence. Unlike several other SCDC institutions, this facility allows contact visitation. This guide covers the intake process, visiting hours, sending money, and phone calls, including one SCDC rule that doesn't apply here the way it does at male facilities. All data is verified from doc.sc.gov.
City
Columbia
County
Richland County
State
SC
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Female
Custody Levels
Medium-escape, intake and classification, contact visitation
Operator
South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC)
Address
4450 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29210
Phone
(803) 896-1296
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Every woman sentenced in SC starts here. Understand what that means for visitation eligibility.
View ArticleUnlike several SCDC facilities, in-person contact visits happen here, once intake restrictions lift.
View ArticleFund the Cooper Trust Fund account the same way as any SCDC institution.
View ArticleThe Oct. 2025 male-only curfew doesn't apply. Calls run on the standard 5.5 cents/minute rate.
View ArticlePhotos are allowed once past the reception period. Here's the address and the rules.
View ArticleSearch South Carolina's statewide inmate database at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer. Since every woman sentenced to SCDC custody starts at this facility's reception center, seeing her listed here early on is expected, not a sign of a problem.
See the full breakdownThis is a contact visitation facility, once the reception intake period is over. During the first 30 days of statewide female intake, in-person visits are blocked, and afterward only close family qualifies, the same rule used at Kirkland R&E for men. Regular visiting hours are Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
See the full breakdownDeposits fund the Cooper Trust Fund account through GTL/TouchPay Holdings LLC, the same statewide system used everywhere in SCDC.
See the full breakdownCalls run through GTL/ConnectNetwork at 5.5 cents per minute. SCDC's Oct. 27, 2025 overnight curfew only applies to medium and close custody male inmates, so it does not restrict phone hours at this facility.
See the full breakdownStandard SCDC mail rules apply, including up to 10 photos per envelope, once she's past the reception intake period. During intake, photos are blocked, the same restriction used at Kirkland for men.
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It's SCDC's primary women's institution and the statewide reception center for every female offender entering South Carolina's prison system. It opened in 1973 and was renamed in 2002 to honor Camille Griffin Graham, the state's first female warden of a maximum-security men's prison.
AboutEvery woman sentenced to SCDC custody starts at this facility's Women's Reception and Evaluation Center, opened in January 1993, for classification before assignment. Until that process finishes, visitation is more restricted than usual.
AboutYes, if she's past the intake period. This is a contact visitation facility, unlike several other SCDC institutions that only allow non-contact visits through plexiglass.
VisitationYes. Women in the reception and evaluation period cannot have in-person visitors for the first 30 days, and afterward only parents, grandparents, siblings, grandchildren, spouses, and children qualify, the same restriction used at Kirkland R&E for men.
VisitationCall (803) 896-1296, available Monday and Tuesday, 8 a.m. to noon only.
VisitationSaturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in 2-hour blocks, scheduled through the GTL scheduler at scdoc.gtlvisitme.com/app.
VisitationNo. SCDC's Oct. 27, 2025 curfew restricting phone hours to 6 a.m.-11:30 p.m. applies only to medium and close custody male inmates. Female inmates, including everyone at this facility, are not subject to it.
Phone CallsDeposits go into the inmate's Cooper Trust Fund account through GTL/TouchPay Holdings, the same statewide system used at every SCDC institution.
Sending CommissaryUp to 10 per envelope, the standard SCDC limit, unless she's currently in the reception intake period, during which photos are blocked entirely.
Mail & LettersSCDC lists religious services, Pre-Release Classes, Alcoholics Anonymous, outpatient counseling, SisterCare for Abused and Battered Women, Impact of Crime classes, Jumpstart, Mental Health Services, CDL training, MAT, Peer Support, Prison Fellowship, and the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars mother-daughter program.
AboutYes, Penmate covers this facility more thoroughly than most in the roadmap. What their coverage misses is foregrounding the reception-center function: every woman in the state starts her sentence here, which is often the real answer to why a family can't find or visit someone yet.
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