The Department of Juvenile Justice is trying to reduce overcrowding by moving youth from its Columbia detention center to a newly opened one in Greenville. (File/Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
Part of the Greenville County jail has reopened to juvenile offenders, with the goal of keeping Upstate youth closer to home and reducing overcrowding at the main Columbia detention center, according to the state Department of Juvenile Justice.
Reopening the Greenville juvenile wing, which closed due to staffing issues in March 2022, will “provide much-needed relief” to the agency’s frequently overcrowded main detention center in Columbia, DJJ said in a news release…