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Murderous mother Susan Smith was put behind bars on disciplinary grounds weeks before her parole hearing
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Murderous mother Susan Smith was put behind bars on disciplinary grounds weeks before her parole hearing

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Murderous mother Susan Smith has been convicted of a new disciplinary charge after speaking to a documentary filmmaker weeks before her first parole hearing.

The 53-year-old, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1995 for murdering her two children, was charged Aug. 26 with communicating with a victim/or witness to a crime and sentenced to Chrysti Shain on Oct. 3. the communications director for the South Carolina Department of Corrections told Fox News Digital.

Smith agreed to provide the filmmaker with contact information for friends, family and victims, including her former husband. According to the incident report, in which the filmmaker’s name was redacted, the filmmaker deposited money into Smith’s account for “Calls and Canteen.”

Inmates at the South Carolina Department of Corrections are not permitted to conduct telephone or in-person interviews, according to SCDC policy, but are allowed to write letters.

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Susan Smith

Susan Smith, shown left in a recent mugshot, right at age 22 in 1994, has been imprisoned in South Carolina for nearly 30 years for the murders of her two sons. (South Carolina Department of Corrections)

Smith is eligible for parole on Nov. 4, 30 years after she confessed to drowning her two sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel and 14-month-old Alexander Tyler, in a South Carolina lake.

In their conversations, Smith and the filmmaker discussed conducting an interview and even filming a documentary, as well as ways to get paid for it.

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They also discussed Smith’s crimes and the events before and after them in detail, including details such as “what was in the trunk of the car when it went into the water and their plans to jump off a bridge while holding the boys, except for.” “Woke up,” the incident report says.

Smith lost her phone, tablet and cafeteria privileges for 90 days starting Oct. 4. The charge is not a criminal one, but rather an internal disciplinary conviction.

It was Smith’s first disciplinary action in nearly a decade.

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Susan Smith walks with her lawyers in 1995

Susan Smith was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after killing her two sons in 1994. (Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma)

“SCDC inmates receive tablets that are secure for the correctional system. The tablets can be used to make monitored phone calls and send monitored electronic messages,” Shain said. “They are considered a privilege. The department will determine when and if inmate Smith will be given the opportunity to receive a tablet again.”

Smith’s phone conversations with the filmmaker aren’t the first calls she’s made that have drawn attention. Over the past three years, Smith has courted nearly a dozen suitors through monitored prison messages and phone calls New York Post.

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David Smith, the boys' father, leaves the church after the funeral service for the two boys.

Susan Smith was convicted on July 22, 1995, of murdering her two sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel Smith and 14-month-old Alexander Tyler Smith. (Greg Smith/Corbis)

Defense attorney Philip Holloway previously told Fox News Digital that her chances of early release were “unlikely.”

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“I expect she will be denied parole – the facts in this case are terrible,” Holloway said. “I see it as unlikely that she will be released into society.”

Whether Smith’s recent conviction affects her upcoming parole is unknown.

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Christina Coulter of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.

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