At least 17 prisoners were seriously injured at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina prisons chief Bryan Stirling said. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said Monday. The injured inmates required medical attention outside the prison, which made it more difficult for authorities to restore order, Stirling said. The deaths at Lee are the most in any South Carolina prison in recent years. “There are prisons around the country — state prisons, federal prisons all — that would be safer with this jamming,” he said.

Source: thestar April 16, 2018 14:14 UTC