Susan Smith, in prison for killing 2 young children, caught talking to documentary filmmaker

GREENWOOD, SC (WHNS/Gray News) – Susan Smith, who is serving a life sentence for the 1994 murders of her two sons, was convicted of a new disciplinary violation following a hearing in October.

The South Carolina Department of Corrections said Smith was talking to a documentary filmmaker on the phone about his crimes.

“She agreed to provide the filmmaker with contact information for friends, family and victims, including her ex-husband,” a Corrections spokesperson said. “The filmmaker also deposited money into Smith’s account.”

Correctional inmates in South Carolina are not permitted to do telephone or in-person interviews, although they can write letters.

Smith, who is being held at Leath Correctional in Greenwood, lost her phone, tablet and cafeteria privileges for 90 days starting Oct. 4.

She is eligible for parole in November.

Smith’s two sons, 3-year-old Michael and 1-year-old Alex, were reported missing in October 1994. For nine days, Smith went on local and national television to plead for his boys’ safe return, claiming that they had been kidnapped. by a car thief.

In reality, Smith drove his Mazda Protege to John D. Long Lake in Union County with both children still strapped into their car seats.

The rape is the first disciplinary sanction Smith has received in prison since 2015. She has previously been punished for drug use and sex with a prison guard.