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S.C. inmate who raped prison employee sentenced to life

From Staff Reports
Hilton Head Island Packet

RIDGELAND — An inmate who raped and held a prison employee hostage for 14 hours will spend the rest of his life in prison, a Jasper County jury decided today.

Lloyd Isaac, 36, of Cheraw, was convicted today of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping for attacking an administrative assistant in the education building at Ridgeland Correctional Institution in 2006. The conviction followed a day and a half of testimony.

Isaac was in prison for a rape conviction when he barricaded himself and the prison employee in a storage cabinet during the standoff Nov. 3, 2006.

For more details on the trial, click on “Day in court: Victim describes sexual assault by inmate” to the right or on the home page.

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