COLUMBIA, SC – The U.S. Dept. of Justice last week announced the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia, SC, has violated the Eighth and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
The DOJ reported Richland County funds the detention center, which currently houses an estimated 965 people and has violated the rights of those incarcerated.
“The jail fails to provide reasonable safety and to protect incarcerated people from serious harm and death by physical violence from other incarcerated people,” writes the DOJ…