PRESS RELEASE
South Carolina Office of the Governor
David M. Beasley - Governor
For Immediate Release:  August 5, 1998
Contact:  Gary Karr (803) 734-9840
 
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.GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES PRISON GRANTS

 (Columbia) – Governor David M. Beasley today announced that Abbeville, Anderson, Bamberg, Greenwood, Hampton and Williamsburg counties would get a total of more than $1.8 million in grants to alleviate overcrowding at local jails and detention centers.
 The Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing grants, which use federal dollars, is funded through the Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections is part of Governor Beasley’s Cabinet.
 “This money will help these county detention centers provide additional cells for the violent offenders they arrest. Awarding these federal dollars is an excellent example of how state and local governments work together to make our streets safer,” Governor Beasley said.

The grant amounts are:
 Abbeville  $315,900
  Anderson  $400,000
  Bamberg   $431,415
  Greenwood  $16,743
  Hampton   $257,100
  Williamsburg  $400,000

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