The U.S. Attorney for South Carolina says there is a "culture of violence" at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County.

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U.S. Justice Dept. finds 'pervasive, systematic, and commonplace' violence at Richland jail

Detainees at Alvin S. Glenn detention center face "very real probabilities" of being "stabbed, raped and beaten" before ever seeing a courtroom, according to federal civil rights investigation.

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'Stabbed, raped and beaten': Feds release damning investigation report of Richland County jail

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOLO)– The Justice Department has announced that conditions at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center violates the constitution, according to a press release. The DOJ announced on Wednesday, Jan. 15, that its findings on the jail found that the detention center violate the 8th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The report details how the department found that the jail fails to provide reasonable safety and to protect incarc…

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Attorney for the family of Lason Butler, the 27-year-old Orangeburg resident who died while in custody at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, Bakari Sellers released the following statement today following a news conference held today by U.S. Attorney Adair Ford Boroughs to release the findings of a United States Department of Justice investigation which found a pervasive and systemic culture of violence at the jail. Sellers and Butler family a…

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Attorneys Release Statement After DOJ Investigation Finds “Culture of Violence” at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center

Two new reports spearheaded by the Prison Violence Consortium that examine correction systems in seven states suggest that violence in prisons is vastly underreported and undetected, resulting in a “pervasive crisis” that is often overlooked. “Prison violence challenges the very principles of justice and public safety that our system strives to uphold by undermining rehabilitation efforts and perpetuating cycles of aggression,” the authors write…

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Prison Violence A 'Pervasive Crisis,' Reports Find

Conditions violate detainees' constitutional rights, federal investigators conclude...

South Carolina Jail Slammed By Justice Department

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U.S. Attorney Adair Ford Boroughs talks about conditions inside the Richland County detention center Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Columbia. (Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — Violence, sexual abuse and contraband are commonplace at the Richland County jail, potentially in violation of the U.S. Constitution, according to a report the Department of Justice released Wednesday. “Individuals who are charged with a…

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U.S. Justice Dept. finds 'pervasive, systematic, and commonplace' violence at Richland jail

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