South Carolina woman bribed a prison guard, officials say. Here’s why she did it
A former prison guard and a Midlands woman were arrested Wednesday on charges that they were involved with a scheme to smuggle contraband to inmates, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
Sumter resident Jamie Ingrid Brooks, 38, was charged with bribing Kyle Daniel Quinn to get contraband into Lieber Correctional Institution, where the 28-year-old Summerville resident worked as a correctional officer, the S.C. Department of Corrections said in a news release.
Both Brooks and Quinn were each charged with providing contraband to prisoners, criminal conspiracy and bribing a public official, according to the release. Quinn, who was fired from his job at the prison in Ridgeville, also was charged with misconduct in office, the S.C. Department of Corrections said.
The scheme involved working with an inmate at Lieber to bring contraband into the prison from January to March, according to the release. The inmate locked up at Lieber was not publicly identified by the S.C. Department of Corrections.
Brooks “hand-delivered contraband packages and cash money to a correctional officer to be delivered into Lieber,” arrest warrants said. Information about the contents of the contraband package and the amount of the cash bribe were not included in arrest warrants.
Quinn was identified as the correctional officer, arrest warrants show.
Both Brooks and Quinn were charged after law enforcement discovered “communication, photographs and corroborating evidence indicating deliberate planning, coordination and execution of efforts to smuggle contraband into Lieber,” according to arrest warrants.
Brooks and Quinn were booked into the Dorchester County Detention Center, jail records show. Both were released Thursday, as Brooks posted $75,000 bond on her combined charges, and Quinn posted $100,000 bond on his charges, according to jail records.
Both are scheduled to return to court Feb. 4, 2026, Dorchester County judicial records show.
Lieber is a male-only, “close” custody level prison in Ridgeville, according to the S.C. Department of Corrections. It’s about 90 miles south of Columbia.
“Close security facilities are high-security facilities designed primarily to house violent offenders with longer sentences, and inmates who exhibit behavioral problems,” the S.C. Department of Corrections said on its website.
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This story was originally published December 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM with the headline "South Carolina woman bribed a prison guard, officials say. Here’s why she did it."
