Kirkland Correctional Institution

Kirkland Correctional Institution
Location	4344 Broad River Road Columbia, South Carolina
Status	open
Security class	mixed, including maximum
Capacity	1781
Opened	1975
Managed by	South Carolina Department of Corrections

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.^[1]

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.

References

↑ "Kirkland Correctional Institution". South Carolina Department of Corrections. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

Coordinates: 34°04′10″N 81°05′55″W / 34.069407°N 81.098671°W / 34.069407; -81.098671

South Carolina Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Allendale Correctional Institution Broad River Correctional Institution Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution Catawba Pre-Release Center Evans Correctional Institution Goodman Correctional Institution Kershaw Correctional Institution Kirkland Correctional Institution Leath Correctional Institution Lee Correctional Institution Lieber Correctional Institution Livesay Correctional Institution MacDougall Correctional Institution Manning Correctional Institution McCormick Correctional Institution Palmer Pre-Release Center Perry Correctional Institution Ridgeland Correctional Institution Trenton Correctional Institution Turbeville Correctional Institution Tyger River Correctional Institution Walden Correctional Institution Wateree River Correctional Institution

Closed	Campbell Pre-Release Center Coastal Pre-Release Center Lower Savannah Pre-Release Center South Carolina Penitentiary Stevenson Correctional Institution Watkins Pre-Release Center

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