COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Latest on prison riots that killed seven inmates in South Carolina (all times local):2:15 p.m.South Carolina prisons director says a riot that led to the deaths of seven inmates was a fight over money, territory and contraband. Authorities have released the names of the seven inmates killed by fellow prisoners during a riot at a South Carolina maximum-security prison. A spokesman for the state’s prisons says seven inmates were killed and at least 17 others were seriously injured as inmates fought uninterrupted for more than seven hours. ——9:30 a.m.South Carolina’s governor is expressing support for his state prisons chief following riots at a maximum-security prison that killed seven inmates. Seven inmates died during hours of rioting that began Sunday evening.

Source: National Post April 16, 2018 13:02 UTC