Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has lost his phone privileges and his prison tablet computer after his attorney recorded him reading his journal entries on call for a documentary about his case, South Carolina Department of Corrections officials said Wednesday.
Prison policy prohibits inmates from speaking to the media without permission because the agency “believes that victims of crime should not see or hear their victims or their family members on the news,” state prison spokeswoman Chrysti Shain said in a statement. .
The media interview violation, along with other violations for using a different inmate password to make phone calls, is a prison disciplinary issue and not a crime, Shain said.
Murdaugh also lost the ability to buy items in the prison canteen for a month at a disciplinary hearing held Monday, Shain said.
He would have to get permission from prison officials to get another tablet, which could be used to make monitored phone calls, watch approved entertainment, read books or take video classes.
Murdaugh, 55, is serving a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son.
Convicted serial killer Alex Murdaugh lost his phone privileges in prison after his attorney recorded the calls for a documentary.AP
Prosecutors said the now-disbarred lawyer feared investigators would determine he stole millions from the law firm and his clients and was trying to gain sympathy and buy more time to cover up the crime.
Murdaugh adamantly denied the murder to investigators and on the witness stand.
Murdaugh’s attorney Jim Griffin recorded Murdaugh in June reading entries into a journal he kept during his double-murder trial for an upcoming Fox Nation documentary about his case, prison records show.
Prison officials sent Griffin a note saying if he knowingly or did not help Murdaugh break the rules again, he could lose his ability to speak with his client.
Murdaugh’s attorney Jim Griffin recorded Murdaugh in June reading journal entries he kept during his double-murder trial for an upcoming Fox Nation documentary about his case, prison records show.AP
Griffin did not return a message from The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Phone calls between lawyers and prisoners are not recorded or reviewed because their conversations are considered confidential.
But prison officials said they began investigating Murdaugh after a warden reviewing other phone calls heard Murdaugh’s voice on a call made on a different inmate’s account.
Murdaugh said his phone password didn’t work. He also told prison investigators about the recorded journal entries, according to prison records.
But prison officials said they began investigating Murdaugh after a warden reviewing other phone calls heard Murdaugh’s voice on a call made on a different inmate’s account.AP
Murdaugh is expected to plead guilty Sept. 21 in federal court to charges that he stole millions of dollars from clients, according to court records. This is the first time he has admitted to a crime in court.
Murdaugh also faces about 100 charges in state court.
Authorities say he stole millions from clients who suffered debilitating injuries and who needed money for medical treatment.
He is accused of stealing from his family’s law firm and helping run a drug ring to launder money.
Alex Murdaugh’s attorney Jim Griffin (left) and prosecutor Creighton Waters hear testimony during Murdaugh’s double-murder trial in February.AP
Authorities say he asked a friend to kill him on the side of a quiet highway so his son would get $10 million in life insurance.
The shot only grazed Murdaugh’s head.
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