Two former employees of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice were arrested on 27 August 2025 and charged with providing contraband to minors in state custody.[1] A department spokesperson said Jordan Major, 33, of Lexington County, was charged with furnishing contraband to a juvenile in DJJ custody and with misconduct in office.[1] Authorities said Major supplied minors with edible THC gummies.[1] Major was suspended without pay after being identified as a suspect and later separated from the agency.[1] He turned himself in on Wednesday at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia.[1]

A second former employee, Shala Dunham, 38, of Orangeburg, was also arrested that day and charged with providing contraband to minors.[1] Investigators said she supplied vaping devices to youths while employed at the agency.[1] Dunham was suspended without pay once identified as a suspect and subsequently left the department.[1] She also surrendered at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.[1] ABC Columbia reported that both had been relieved of their duties.[2]

The Department of Juvenile Justice did not release further details and said the cases remained under investigation.[1]