Status open Capacity 1,781 | Phone +1 803-896-1521 Opened 1975 | |
Location 4344 Broad River RoadColumbia, South Carolina Security class mixed, including maximum Similar Juvenile Detention Center, Lexington County Sheriff's, Alvin S Glenn Detention, Richland County Sheriff's, Lexington County Magistrate | ||
Kirkland Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
Kirkland has a special role in South Carolina's prison system as the point of intake and assessment for all male state prisoners, the site of the state's Maximum Security Unit, and a health care facility. The prison was first opened in 1975, and houses a maximum of 1707 inmates, plus another 50 in the Max unit and 24 in the infirmary.
The state's Broad River Correctional Institution is adjacent to the north.
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