Alex Murdaugh ‘gets along with’ fellow prisoners, avoids sex offenders: lawyer

He’s not in Moselle anymore.

Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh “gets along” with his fellow inmates, but avoids the sex offenders on his unit, his attorney said this week.

Murdaugh, 54 — who was convicted last month of killing his wife and son on his family’s sprawling South Carolina estate in June 2021 — is getting adjusted to life behind bars while being held in protective custody at McCormick Correctional Institution.

“When he came in, he obviously had a lot of notoriety and was a celebrity of sorts, but he gets along with everybody in the pod,” lawyer Jim Griffin told Fox News Digital of the legal scion’s life on the unit, which houses about 28 inmates who are considered potential targets.

He added that while Murdaugh has a “small group he interacts with regularly,” he avoids the “significant number” of sex offenders in the mix.

Each inmate has their own cell, though they are allowed to pass the time by playing cards, checkers, and watching television in the communal area from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Griffin explained.

There is also a small courtyard for fresh air, and a tablet that provides limited internet access.

While Griffin was not sure what his client preferred to watch at McCormick, he said CourtTV was a favorite of inmates at Kirkland, where he was previously housed.

During an interview with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo on Wednesday, Griffin said that Murdaugh hopes to be transferred to the general population sooner rather than later.

“He thinks he can be productive in the general population. He would rather take his chances on the yard than rot away in a cell, to be honest with you,” he said.

“He wants to contribute; there are a lot of things he can do in the general population. There are programs he can assist with.”

The general population, however, might prove too risky for the high-profile Murdaugh: In his sitdown with Fox, Griffin acknowledged that corrections officers informed him of TikTok videos posted by other inmates using contraband cell phones that threatened to harm the former attorney if they saw him in the yard.

Despite the pressures of life behind bars, Griffin said Murdaugh is staying upbeat and gearing up to appeal his murder convictions while he awaits trial for a slew of financial crimes.

“Alex has stayed positive and when I met him he was in a good mood,” he recalled of their in-person meeting on April 11.

Griffin noted that Murdaugh does not have visitation privileges, but he writes to his relatives, including his surviving son, Buster. He is wary of speaking on the phone, Griffin said, because he does not want recordings of the conversations aired to the press.

“I talked to Alex yesterday, and he asked me to call Buster, and if Buster has something he wants his dad to know, I relay it,” Griffin said of the father and son’s current communication system.

Griffin added that his client is also buoyed by support from the outside, including the strangers who have contributed about $1,000 to his commissary and sent him over 90 letters.

Earlier this month, it was reported that Murdaugh was also inundated with love letters from intrigued singles across the country.

“I think I love you,” a penpal identified as “Nicole K.” wrote in a steamy March 12 missive.

Another, “Lacie,” told Murdaugh that she wanted him to know he was “loved and cared for.”

Meanwhile, the prominent Low Country family’s legal woes may not be over. After Murdaugh’s own conviction, police reclassified the mysterious 2015 death of Stephen Smith, 19, as a homicide – and reignited rumors that his classmate Buster Murdaugh is linked to the roadside tragedy, which the elder son vehemently denies.

Smith’s body was exhumed earlier this month as his family awaits the answers.

“I now believe that Stephen can really rest at ease because SLED and our team are going to do everything possible to find out just how he died,” attorney Eric Bland said of the effort.