Alex Murdaugh is being held in probably the most safe space of a South Carolina jail … and it is all as a result of different inmates may wanna take him down just a few notches because of his notoriety.
Murdaugh, who’s serving two life sentences after being convicted of murdering his spouse and 22-year-old son, is behind bars at Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia, SC, the place he is been positioned in a single cell.
The SC Department of Corrections tells TMZ … Murdaugh’s infamy might put him in danger — so, for probably the most half, he is being evaded different inmates.
Murdaugh’s single cell is fabricated from concrete with a metal mattress, bathroom and sink. It’s a stark distinction to the privileged way of life the disgraced powerhouse lawyer as soon as led.
We’re advised Murdaugh is beneath fixed surveillance and he is not even consuming with the opposite inmates. His meals are introduced on to his cell, the place he eats alone — that is how in peril jail officers really feel he’d be normally inhabitants.
Murdaugh’s solely going to be at Kirkland for 45 days … there’s an analysis interval earlier than he is assigned to a selected custody stage, and new jail. At that time, we’re advised he’ll get his meals within the cafeteria along with his fellow inmates, until a selected menace is made towards him.
For now, although, we’re advised Murdaugh is being escorted by not less than one corrections officer at any time when he leaves his cell … and that is when he will get closest to different inmates, albeit for a particularly restricted window.
As far as creature comforts, he can have just a few. We’re advised he should buy a TV for his cell and pay for telephone calls to household and pals.
So far, he hasn’t been attacked and even threatened … however Kirkland officers aren’t taking any possibilities he will get harmed on their watch.