Alex Murdaugh Positioned in Safe Space of Jail For His Personal Security

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 would possibly wanna take him down a couple of notches on account 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 Establishment in Columbia, SC, the place he is been positioned in a single cell.

The SC Division of Corrections tells TMZ … Murdaugh’s infamy may put him in danger — so, for probably the most half, he is being avoided different inmates.

Murdaugh’s single cell is fabricated from concrete with a metal mattress, bathroom and sink. It is a stark distinction to the privileged way of life the disgraced powerhouse legal professional as soon as led.

We’re instructed Murdaugh is below fixed surveillance and he isn’t 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 typically inhabitants.

Murdaugh’s solely going to be at Kirkland for 45 days … there’s an analysis interval earlier than he is assigned to a particular custody degree, and new jail. At that time, we’re instructed he’ll get his meals within the cafeteria along with his fellow inmates, until a particular menace is made towards him.

For now, although, we’re instructed Murdaugh is being escorted by at the very least one corrections officer at any time when he leaves his cell … and that is when he will get closest to different inmates, albeit for an especially restricted window.

So far as creature comforts, he can have a couple of. We’re instructed he can purchase a TV for his cell and pay for cellphone calls to household and associates.