COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A South Carolina Department of Corrections food service warehouse employee is being charged after allegedly buying vapes and then giving them to inmates.

SCDC said Corina Richards-Parnell, 34, was found to have been selling the electronic cigarettes between June 24 and July 18.

Warrants released by the agency state that Richards-Parnell received $290 on her CashApp account from three different inmates’ families and allegedly used the money to

She was charged with furnishing or attempting to furnish a prisoner with contraband and was booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

SCDC said it has also since fired Richards-Parnell.

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