| Prison Name: | Leath Correctional Institution |
| Location: | 2809 Airport Road Greenwood, South Carolina |
| Status: | open |
| Classification: | medium (female facility) |
| Capacity: | 968 |
| Opened: | 1991 |
Leath Correctional Institution (LCIW) is a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison for women located in unincorporated Greenwood County, South Carolina, near Greenwood.[1] Leath opened in 1991.[2] It is located just east of the Greenwood County Airport.
The prison, on a 39acres plot of land, has a capacity of 968.[3]
The prison opened in September 1991.[3]
In the early 1990s a company called Third Generation contracted the manufacture of women's underwear to 35 Leath prisoners. These prisoners produced about $1.5 million worth of clothing. J.C. Penney, Victoria's Secret, and other companies bought this underwear for resale. This was revealed in a 1995 National Institute for Justice study. The contract was terminated by the mid-1990s.[4]
The prison's Braille Production Center, in which inmates make braille materials for schoolchildren, opened in 2002.[5]
The current chapel was dedicated on February 21, 2013.[6]
the prison has 105 corrections officers and 40 non-security personnel, as well as 562 prisoners.[3]