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Committee hears 40%+ mental‑health prevalence among detainees; county says care is court‑constrained
Summary
Officials told Richland County's ad hoc committee that more than 40% of detainees at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center have mental‑health needs, that the county remains legally responsible for care, and that staff cannot compel medication unless a court orders it; officials proposed inviting the Department of Mental Health for further discussion.
At the Richland County Detention Center ad hoc meeting, Administrator Brown raised concerns about the facility's mental‑health caseload and legal limits on treatment authority.
Brown said the detention center houses a substantial number of people with mental‑health needs — he described the figure as "a 40 percent plus population" — and that the county has not been able to shift responsibility to the Department of Mental Health. Brown told the committee a presiding…
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