The Health Services Division, which operates inside the Greenville County Detention Center and Juvenile Detention Facility, provides emergent and other necessary health care and services to persons being detained. These services encompass both Medical and Mental Health.

The Health Services staff is comprised of a Manager who oversees a staff of medical professionals and para-professionals. This includes Physicians, a Forensics Psychiatrist, a Physician Assistant, a Family Nurse Practitioner, Medical and Mental Health Supervisors, Nurses, Critical Care Technicians, Medical Assistants, and Mental Health Counselors. Paperwork, ancillary duties and appointments are performed by Administrative staff members.

In partnership with Greenville Health System, an operating philosophy has emerged theorizing that more intensive "in-house" care reduces the need for more expensive outside referrals for care. To that end, patients may be referred to specialty care Physicians when a need is identified such as Orthopedic follow-up services, Internal medicine referrals, Dental care, etc.

Our staff is frequently first to encounter, recognize and treat social, environmental, psychological and medical concerns that impact inmate patients. The Health Services staff is committed to providing a quality continuum of health care as well as assisting inmate patients in improving their overall health and wellbeing. Staff is available 24-hours a day inside the facility.

Inmates are medically evaluated and treated regardless of ability to provide payment for services.

A five-dollar co-payment is charged to an inmate's account to defray the costs of medical care in accordance with County ordinances and policies. These charges are on a per-occurrence basis.

NOTICE
Because of HIPAA confidentiality laws, the Detention Center’s Medical Services staff is prohibited from providing inmate medical/mental health information or discussing inmate history or treatment with friends, family members, attorney’s or clergy. We can, however; accept information regarding medications and history that you feel would benefit us to know about the inmate.