COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two correctional officers are receiving medical attention after being attacked at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center - also known as the Richland County Jail - on Friday morning.
Now, new information suggests two inmates have been charged in the attack. Sheriff Leon Lott announced on Friday afternoon that 23-year-old Jujuan Council and 32-year-old Anthony Blakney have each been charged with assault and battery in the first degree, kidnapping, and rioting following an attack that sent two correctional officers to the hospital. Other charges are expected.
Sheriff Lott said the officers were "going to survive" but were injured and taken to the hospital. However, he said they will have to deal with the mental impacts of the attack. Lott described the incident as a riot.
Despite the identification of the two suspects in the attack, the sheriff said authorities are still trying to determine if other inmates in the pod were involved. A total of 50 inmates were in the pod at the time and those involved "destroyed it as much as they could."
Soon after the riot began, the department's Special Response Team was called in to assist and brought the situation under control. The sheriff's department said no inmates were injured.
Meanwhile, investigators have found one weapon, an improvised knife known as a shank.
A spokesperson for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) did not provide additional details concerning the incident but said that the agency was aware of and monitoring it closely.