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SC Jail's Crowding Cuts Options, Risks Violence
By wltx.com
Published: 06/10/2014

PICKENS, S.C. (AP) - The spread of methamphetamine and the resulting increase in arrests means that a South Carolina county jail is packed with twice the number of inmates than its Corrections Department-rated capacity.

The Greenville News reports (http://grnol.co/UmApDk ) that dramatic overcrowding at the Pickens County jail is leading to increased violence and limiting the ability of sheriff's deputies to do their job.

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