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  • Aerial view of Al Cannon Detention Center in North Charleston
    SC News
    U.S. Justice Department investigates two SC jails
    Victoria Hansen
    The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating two South Carolina jails for possible civil rights violations following a string of deaths in Charleston and Richland Counties.
  • From left, Bakari Sellers, Lakeshia Butler and Audia Jones speak during a news conference at Strom Law Firm in Columbia, S.C., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. A federal lawsuit alleges that unsanitary conditions and staff negligence caused the death of a 27-year-old man detained in a South Carolina jail. Police arrested Lason Butler on Jan. 31 on charges of reckless driving, failure to stop for blue lights and driving with a suspended license. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says that he was found dead on Feb. 12 with fresh rat bites and no running water. (AP Photo/James Pollard)
    SC News
    Lawsuit: Unsanitary conditions killed man in SC jail
    James Pollard/Associated Press/Report for America
    A federal lawsuit alleges that unsanitary conditions and staff negligence caused the death of a 27-year-old man detained in a South Carolina jail. Police arrested Lason Butler on Jan. 31 on charges of reckless driving, failure to stop for blue lights and driving with a suspended license. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says that he was found dead on Feb. 12 with fresh rat bites and no running water. An autopsy report found that Butler died of dehydration. The lawsuit alleges that jail staff failed to provide "sanitary conditions, appropriate health care, and relief from solitary confinement."