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

GREENWOOD, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - Susan Smith, who is serving a life sentence for the killings of her two sons in 1994, was convicted of a new disciplinary violation after a hearing in October.

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

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

Corrections inmates in South Carolina are not allowed to do telephone or in-person interviews, although they may write letters.

Smith, who is being held at Leath Correctional in Greenwood, lost her telephone, tablet and canteen privileges for 90 days beginning 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 her boys’ safe return, claiming they had been abducted by a carjacker.

In reality, Smith rolled her Mazda Protege into John D. Long Lake in Union County with the two children still strapped in their car seats.

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

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