MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — Berkeley County officials gathered Monday to mark the completion of a major expansion at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center, a project county leaders say was necessary to address years of overcrowding while improving safety, medical care and rehabilitation opportunities for inmates.
The new 80,000-square-foot wing, which connects to the existing detention center off California Avenue, increases the facility’s capacity to 564 beds and adds more than 100 single-occupancy cells.
The project also includes a medical infirmary, public lobby, staff locker rooms, educational space and areas dedicated to treatment and religious outreach programs.
The expansion broke ground in May 2023 after county leaders identified overcrowding at the jail as a growing concern…