Former Corrections Supervisor indicted for bribery and other charges

A former South Carolina prison supervisor is accused of delivering cell phones to inmates in exchange for over $200 thousand in bribes.

Federal prosecutors say the supervisor managed security at a South Carolina prison and accepted more than $200, 000 in bribes over a three year span. She's also accused of allowing nearly 175 contraband cellphones in the prison for inmate usage.

Officials say 46-year-old Christine Mary Livingston was indicted earlier this month on 15 charges including bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.

Livingston worked for the South Carolina Department of Corrections for 16 years. She was promoted to captain at Columbia's Broad River Correctional Institute in 2016.

Prosecutors say Livingston worked with an inmate, 33-year-old Jerell Reaves, to accept the bribes for cellphones. Reaves is serving a 15-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter for shooting a man at a Marion County convenience store in 2015.