The Wateree River Correctional Institution is located on 7,000 acres of land in Rembert, South Carolina. In addition to the Second Chances program at Seabiscuit Stables, which houses the Second Chances program of the South Carolina Committee of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, the male inmates at Wateree fill labor positions in several other agricultural and maintenance programs.

Beginning in 1908, Wateree offered the following programs:

• Dairies—This entails milking and caring for the dairy cattle, to ensure dairy products for inmate consumption at the Institution.
• Row Crops—Includes growing and harvesting simple row crops for the inmate population.
• Vegetable Crops—Workers grow and harvest vegetables, which are used to feed the inmate population at Wateree River Correctional Institution.

The facility has since added work in the following programs:

• Beef Cattle—Entails feeding, caring for and cleaning up after the animals.
• Greenhouse Detail—Necessitates growing and tending to an array of plants in the facility’s greenhouse.
• Edible Gardens—Herbs and vegetables and other plants are grown and harvested to feed the inmate population at the Institution.
• Farm Construction—In addition to the designing and raising of barns, fences, and necessary additions to the farm, inmates are responsible for maintaining the buildings to keep them up to standards and codes.
• Farm Maintenance—This program involves the maintenance of farm equipment and machinery, keeping them in operational order. Additionally, inmates construct and maintain water irrigation systems for the edible gardens.
• Tractor Detail—This program teaches the operation and maintenance of tractors used on the farm.
• Hammer Mill—Workers process corn into feed for farm animals, and also produce grits and flour used to feed the inmate population at the Institution.
• Commercial Equipment Operation/Maintenance (CEO) & (CEM) – This is a four month course certifying inmates in the operation and maintenance of heavy equipment, i.e. motor graders and back hoes. Each inmate receives a certification license upon completion of the course, which can be used upon his release from prison.

Admittance into these programs at Wateree requires that inmates appear before a board of three staff members, whereupon they are interviewed and matched with a curriculum based on their prior work experience and skills, and the most pressing needs of the Institution.

The inmates are the primary work force at Wateree, though instructed and supervised by staff personnel. Most inmates receive Earn Work Credits for their labor, reducing the time they must spend in prison. The goal of these educational and vocational programs at the facility is to teach inmates marketable skills, which will increase their employability upon release from prison.