Card decks for inmates could help solve crimes
Associated Press
Thursday, September 18, 2008

COLUMBIA --- South Carolina's state prison inmates could help authorities solve crimes by playing cards behind bars.

Prison officials are discussing a program that allows inmates to buy playing cards with pictures of victims and details on unsolved crimes.

The cards include a toll-free number inmates can use to call in anonymous tips.

Tom Lucas pushed to get the cards into prisons.

His son was killed in an unsolved quadruple killing at a Spartanburg County motorcycle shop in 2003.

Mr. Lucas wants more funding to get the cards into local jails and to print a second deck with 52 more unsolved crimes.

Prison officials say playing cards is a popular pastime behind bars.

In the past year, the 24,000 inmates in South Carolina prisons bought more than 14,000 decks of cards for their own use.

Reader Comments
Note: Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of The Augusta Chronicle. Please read our full comments policy. To report a post that may be inappropriate, click the icon.
Your comment will be attributed to
YOUR MESSAGE:
You have 1200 characters left.


advertisement

advertisement

TopJobs


Augusta-area Top Jobs
Dock Work Material Handler & Permanent Call (706)868-6800 Sort, handle and load freight and unload the over the road equipment. Permanent Pos. Pro Emp Svcs $185 J#2544 Well Established Aiken Count... (more)
Community Director needed for a Class A Tax Credit Property. Exceptional team member will have 3-5 years of Property Management experience. Yardi Knowledge is a plus fax resume 706-869-0600 (more)
CLIENT SERVICES Call Center | Inside Sales NO TELEMARKETING! Answer sales calls & some outbound. $9-11+ | hr. Days! Full Time + Benefits! Fax Resume to: (706)868-9090 Email mgrhr05@yahoo.com (more)


© 2009 The Augusta Chronicle|Terms of service|About our ads|Help|Contact us|Subscribe|Local business listings


advertisement
advertisement