SC inmate guilty in stabbing death of 3 during prison riot, jury decides

Larry White performed a rap for the judge just before receiving three life sentences for joining a mob that killed three.

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: September 24, 2026

Words: 1,235

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago


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A Lee County jury found an inmate guilty Thursday of participating in a mob that killed three people during the nation’s bloodiest prison riot in a quarter-century.

Larry White, now 30, was found guilty of criminal conspiracy and three counts of assault and battery in the first degree. White was one of 47 inmates indicted in connection with the 2018 riot that killed seven and injured 20.

White was the third inmate to go to …

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