The State
COLUMBIA, S.C. — For at least five years, former South Carolina prison guard Lowanda Atkinson took in more than $550,000 in bribe money from prisoners, using some of it to buy an $80,000 Lexus, patronize high-end designer stores and have “Brazilian butt lift” plastic surgery, according to federal prosecutors.
But she got a reality check Wednesday afternoon at the federal courthouse near downtown Columbia…