SLED: Charleston County corrections officer, inmates charged in “mob attack”

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) on Friday announced charges against a former Al Cannon Detention Center corrections officer and four inmates in connection to a September 13 attack on an inmate.

According to an arrest warrant dated September 15, Shannon Burden was working as a corrections officer when she “allowed four inmates to enter the cell of another inmate and assault the inmate.” She remotely unlocked the cell doors to let the perpetrators out, then unlocked the doors to the victim’s cell.

Burden told SLED investigators that the victim “had upset” her earlier in the shift and she wanted the other inmates to “get [him] to behave himself.”

The inmates involved were Daniel Mobley (23), Kamal Geathers (20), Donald White Jr. (22), and Jaquez Lawrence (22). Arrest warrants issued October 20 indicate each man is facing one charge of assault and battery by mob, second degree.

Burden was fired two days later. She is being charged with one count of misconduct in office.

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