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Mission Statement
The Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center is but one part of the criminal justice system
serving the citizens of Richland County. We recognize that each segment of the system
impacts the nature and size of the Detention Center population. We endorse, to the
extent consistent with the primary goal of the public safety and security, the development
of alternatives to incarceration (such as community service, electronic monitoring) as
an integral part of the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center's criminal justice system. The
Detention Center must also serve the needs of all user agencies and individuals, including
prisoners, staff, law enforcement, the courts, attorneys, and community organizations.
The Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center will serve as the intake center for un-sentenced
misdemeanor and/or felony detainees/inmates, and as an incarceration facility for
sentenced offenders. It will provide facilities for the detention of both un-sentenced
detainees/inmates and sentenced inmates in a minimum, medium, and maximum security
environment. All facilities will provide housing and services of equal quality for all
classes of detainees/inmates.
Security
The Detention Center will provide sufficient security to prevent escapes by
foreseeable means. Security will be maintained by assignment of detainees/inmates to
minimum, medium, or maximum security based upon the application of a thorough and
rational classification and assignment system.
Safety
The protection of the public, staff, detainees/inmates in their person and property
will be the highest priority when operating the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
Services
The Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center will strive, as a goal, to ensure those confined
are no worse off upon release than prior to incarceration. The achievement of this goal
is to be promoted by staff through the humane and dignified treatment of detainees/inmates,
along with adequate space, privacy and personal necessities, provisions for adequate
exercise, visitation and access to services of outside agencies. The facility will provide
the provisions for programs and services to promote self-development and religious worship.
In order to aid with future management of the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, provisions
will be made for routine collection of data pertaining to persons served by the facility.
This data will include, but not be limited to, type of offense, sentencing status, length of
stay in the detention center, and effectiveness of detainee and inmate programs. This
information will be evaluated by the administration on a regular basis and will be utilized
to improve operational standards whenever necessary.
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