Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston
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The Naval Consolidated Brig (NAVCONBRIG CHASN), Hanahan, South Carolina, is a medium security facility. It is located on the south annex of Naval Weapons Station Charleston north of Charleston.
The Brig was commissioned on November 30, 1989 and accepted its first prisoners in January 1990. It has 400 cells and can hold 288 inmates.[1] It houses prisoners from all branches of the US Armed Services, including the Air Force’s Return-to-Duty Program, and conducts the Navy’s Violent Offender Treatment Program. It has been accredited by the American Correctional Association five times: 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2004.
The brig recently housed several enemy combatant, including Yasser Hamdi, Jose Padilla and Ali Saleh al-Marri. Al-Marri remains at the Brig as of May 2008.
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