Evans Moore aided Post and Courier detention-center investigation

Evans Moore, LLC provided case records and helped arrange family interviews for The Post and Courier’s five-part “Caught in the Cycle” investigation into deaths of inmates with mental illness in South Carolina detention centers. The firm’s role connected public court records, client testimony and several wrongful-death cases tied to the series. Why it matters: - The Post and Courier’s investigation focuses on how South Carolina detention centers handled inmates with mental illness. - The series examines the deaths of more than 100 inmates with mental illness in detention centers over the past decade. - Evans Moore, LLC’s case records and family access helped document several of the cases featured in the reporting. What happened: - Evans Moore, LLC served as a source for the newspaper’s five-part “Caught in the Cycle” investigative series. - The firm provided non-confidential case data and facilitated client testimony. - The series includes cases involving the Estates of D’Angelo Brown, Kevin Gordon, Lorenza Trapp and Forrest Kreider. - Legal filings in those cases say each person needed medical or psychiatric care when entering the correctional system and later died in custody. - Part 3 of the series centers on Kevin Gordon, a 41-year-old man diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia who was held in the Florence County jail in 2018 and later died in custody from a small bowel obstruction. - Evans Moore, LLC facilitated a video interview with Gordon’s brother, Derrick Gordon, and provided public court records and legal filings about his confinement. The details: - South Carolina public index records identify the cases as Estate of D’Angelo Brown, Case No. 2023-CP-10-01166; Estate of Kevin Gordon, Case No. 2020-CP-10-01562; Estate of Lorenza Trapp, Case No. 2025-CP-10-04953; and Estate of Forrest Kreider, Case No. 2026-CP-10-01885. - In 2022, Evans Moore, LLC handled a lawsuit for Gordon’s estate against Florence County, the Florence County Sheriff’s Office and the jail’s contracted medical staff. - That case ended in a confidential settlement exceeding $1 million. - Evans Moore, LLC says it regularly handles detention center misconduct and civil rights litigation throughout South Carolina. - James B. Moore III, co-founder of Evans Moore, LLC, said the firm provided public case information to help document the management of inmates with mental illness in state detention facilities. - Moore said the firm represents families seeking accountability and transparency regarding medical care in correctional environments. - More information on the series and the firm’s litigation history is available on the Evans Moore website . Between the lines: - The firm’s participation suggests the investigation drew on legal records as well as family testimony to build its account. - The Gordon case adds a concrete example to a broader pattern the series says it uncovered across county detention facilities. - The confidential settlement limits what can be known publicly about the underlying claims, but the filing history shows the dispute involved detention and medical-care issues. What’s next: - The Post and Courier’s reporting is likely to keep shaping public attention on jail medical care and mental-health treatment in South Carolina. - Evans Moore, LLC is likely to continue using wrongful-death, medical-negligence and civil-rights cases to challenge detention-center conditions. - Readers can review the firm’s litigation history and the investigative series online for additional context.