Inmate Criticizes Guards' Response After Deadly Riot

View 4 more images (Newser) – Corrections officials in South Carolina are blaming a prison riot that left seven prisoners dead on a turf war between gangs over territory, money, and contraband items like cellphones. For seven hours, inmates armed with handmade knives fought each other inside the Lee Correctional Institution, resulting in the worst US prison riot in a quarter-century.