Died in jail or a lockup
Lamont Powell
Lamont Powell, 54, died on July 22, 2024, at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County, South Carolina. Sheriff Leon Lott said Powell died of a fentanyl overdose. The death was one of two drug overdoses at the jail within two days. Deputies are investigating how the drugs got into the facility, which is already under a federal civil rights investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Sheriff Leon Lott said Lamont Powell died of a fentanyl overdose at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, and deputies are investigating how drugs got into the facility.
Reported by: Richland County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.