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Three inmates are charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature after a fellow detainee was stabbed in the recreation yard at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.
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Investigators responded to a jail alert around 10:15 a.m. on Monday and found the victim with facial injuries, according to a news release.
Investigators allege inmates coaxed the victim into the recreation yard, where Mason Taylor, 19, approached him. Anthony Walker, 19, and Nycoreian James, 18, then allegedly joined the altercation, armed with makeshift weapons known as shanks.
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The victim suffered puncture wounds to his upper and lower body, the release said. Jail staff treated him before EMS took him to a hospital in stable condition. All three named inmates were charged.
Investigators were notified of a second stabbing at the jail later that day, around 3:45 p.m. The inmate victim told investigators that three men rushed him as his cell door opened, stabbing him and punching him, according to the release. He had multiple puncture wounds to his upper body.
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The department said the second incident remains under investigation.