Kirkland Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Columbia,

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, United States, 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. In September 2017,

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inmates were moved to Kirkland Correctional Institution. The state's Broad River Correctional Institution is adjacent to the north.

Notable Inmates

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