The U.S. Department of Justice told the jail in Richland County, which includes South Carolina's capital of Columbia, that it must improve conditions as soon as possible — repairing holes in ...

An inmate at the Lexington County Detention Center died after being taken to the hospital, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. Morgan Daniel Kannaday, 25, was pronounced dead ...

An inmate in a South Carolina jail is accused of writing death threats to a public official, according to investigators with SLED.

COLUMBIA, S,C. (AP) — Federal investigators found in a scathing report this week that a large jail in South Carolina vastly underreports the violence occurring behind its walls and lets dozens ...

U.S. Attorney for South Carolina Adair Boroughs discusses the findings of the U.S. Department of Justice's yearlong investigation into the Richland County jail during a press conference on ...

Federal investigators have found in a report that a large South Carolina jail vastly underreports the violence behind its walls, lets dozens of inmates go unsupervised for long periods and ...

The 36-page report is filled with stunning details and damning facts. Named the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, for a guard killed by inmates during an escape attempt in 2000, the jail has more ...

COLUMBIA, S,C. (AP) — Federal investigators found in a scathing report this week that a large jail in South Carolina vastly underreports the violence occurring behind its walls and lets dozens ...