A month before she is eligible for parole, Susan Smith was convicted of an internal disciplinary charge for talking with a filmmaker about murdering her two young sons 30 years ago.
Smith, 53, becomes eligible for parole Nov. 4, but the date has not been scheduled. About 6% of parole applications are approved..
Smith, who has been imprisoned at Leath Correctional Institution for most of those 30 years, was charged Aug. 26 with communicating with a victim and/or witness and convicted at an internal hearing on Oct. 3.
She lost her telephone, tablet and canteen privileges for 90 days, beginning Oct. 4.
Smith frequently uses the tablet to make phone calls, according to recordings The State obtained through the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act.
The calls received involved at least three men talking about such mundane subjects as how to fix cars and movies they liked to their gushing over what a great person she is.
“You’re such a good looking woman, that’s pretty obvious but your personality you care about people,” one man said.