Facility Openings and Closures
| YEAR | FACILITY Facility listings are openings unless indicated otherwise. |
| 1866 | State Penitentiary |
| 1892 | Wateree River Correctional Institution |
| 1938 | Stevenson Correctional Institution |
| 1950 | Walden Correctional Institution |
| 1962 | Harbison Correctional Institution |
| 1963 | Manning Correctional Instituion |
| 1964 | Watkins Pre-Release Center |
| 1965 | Mid-State Pre-Release Center |
| 1965 | The State Penitentiary was renamed the Central Correctional Institution |
| 1966 | MacDougall Correctional Institution, a Youth Correctional Center |
| 1966 | Midlands Reception and Evaluation Center |
| 1969 | Givens Youth Correctional Institution |
| 1970 | Goodman Correctional Institution, originally designated for older inmates |
| 1970 | Coastal Pre-Release Center |
| 1971 | Catawba Pre-Release Center |
| 1971 | Piedmont Pre-Release Center |
| 1972 | Blue Ridge Pre-Release Center |
| 1973 | Lower Savannah Pre-Release Center |
| 1973 | Northside Pre-Release Center |
| 1973 | Women's Correctional Institution |
| 1973 | Harbison Correctional Institution closed |
| 1975 | Campbell Pre-Release Center replaced the Mid-State Pre-Release Center |
| 1975 | Palmer Pre-Release Center |
| 1975 | Kirkland Correctional Institution |
| 1975 | Aiken Youth Correctional Center |
| 1980 | Dutchman Correctional Institution |
| 1981 | Perry Correctional Institution |
| 1982 | Livesay Pre-Release Center |
| 1983 | State Park Correctional Institution |
| 1983 | Cross Anchor Correctional Institution |
| 1985 | Gilliam Psychiatric Hospital, located in Kirkland Correctional Institution |
| 1986 | Lieber Correctional Institution |
| 1987 | McCormick Correctional Institution |
| 1988 | Broad River Correctional Institution with a Reception and Evaluation Component |
| 1988 | Midlands Reception and Evaluation Center closed |
| 1989 | Allendale Correctional Institution |
| 1989 | Evans Correctional Institution |
| 1991 | Leath Correctional Institution |
| 1993 | Lee Correctional Institution |
| 1994 | Central Correctional Institution closed |
| 1994 | Turbeville Correctional Institution |
| 1995 | Ridgeland Correctional Institution |
| 1995 | Trenton Correctional Institution |
| 1995 | Aiken Youth Correctional Center closed |
| 1997 | Kershaw Correctional Institution |
| 1997 | Blue Ridge Pre-Release Center closed |
| 1999 | Dutchman and Cross Anchor merged and renamed Tyger River Correctional Institution |
| 2001 | State Park Correctional Institution for females closed |
| 2001 | Goodman Correctional Institution converted to house females from State Park |
| 2001 | Givens Correctional Institution closed |
| 2002 | Women's Correctional Institution renamed Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution |
| 2007 | Livesay Pre-Release Center and Northside Correctional Institution merged and renamed Livesay Correctional Institution |
| 2012 | Watkins Pre-Release Center closed |
| 2012 | Stevenson Correctional Institution merged with Walden Correctional Institution |
| 2015 | Campbell Pre-Release closed |
| 2015 | Coastal Pre-Release closed |
| 2016 | Lower Savannah Pre-Release closed |
| 2016 | Walden Correctional Institution closed |
