UPDATE: This story has been updated with information about the recruit's medical condition.



A newly arrived Marine recruit remains in critical condition after being severely injured Friday in a two-story fall Friday at the Marine Corps' East Coast Training depot in South Carolina, a spokesman confirmed.



"A recruit assigned to Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island fell from the second story in the recruit processing center today and has been transported to an off-site medical facility," said Capt. Gregory Carroll.



The recruit's family has asked that the recruit's name and the off-site medical facility not be released while the recruit is being treated, Carroll said.





The recruit arrived at Parris Island on Oct. 24 and was getting processed for recruit training before being assigned a unit, Carroll said.



"The command has directed an investigation regarding this incident per standard operating procedures," Carroll said. "The command is currently focused on the recruit's health and is in close coordination with the family."

Parris Island has been under mounting scrutiny in the wake of another recruit's death on March 18, when Raheel Siddiqui, 20, fell nearly 40 feet in a barracks stairwell. A command investigation into Siddiqui’s death uncovered allegations of widespread abuse and hazing within the battalion by drill instructors.

Siddiqui had claimed that he was being hit by drill instructors when he threatened suicide five days before his death. In a separate incident, one of his drill instructors had been accused of putting another Muslim recruit in a commercial dryer and turning it on several times while insulting the recruit’s religion.

Up to 20 Marines at Parris Island are under investigation for abuse in connection with Siddiqui's death and other alleged incidents. So far, none has been charged, court-martialed or received disciplinary action.