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<h6 class="title"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>At least seven inmates dead killed in a night of violence inside a South Carolina maximum security prison </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>17 more inmates were also injured after fights broke out at the Lee Correctional Institution in Lee County at 7:15pm Sunday night</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="title"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Prison authorities took eight hours to bring the mayhem at the <span class="caption-text">Lee County jail facility </span>under control</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The prison was secured around 3am Monday morning</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>No reported injuries to staff members in the &#8216;mass casualty&#8217; incident </strong></span></h6>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-291619" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/South-Carolina-Max-sec-prison-3.jpg" alt="South Carolina Max sec prison 3.jpg" width="1140" height="712" />Seven inmates were killed during fights that lasted more than seven hours at a South Carolina prison Sunday night and into early Monday, according to officials.<br />
17 more inmates were injured after fights broke out at the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina at 7:15pm.<br />
The prison was secured around 3am Monday morning. No staff members were killed or injured in the &#8216;mass casualty&#8217; incident. The maximum-security facility in Bishopville houses about 1600 inmates, some of South Carolina&#8217;s most violent and longest-serving offenders. The prison has a turbulent recent history. Two officers were stabbed in a 2015 fight. One inmate killed another in February.</p>
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<p>At least six emergency agencies responded to a &#8220;mass casualty incident&#8221; at Lee Correctional Institution in Lee County that resulted in the seven inmate deaths and 17 other inmates requiring medical attention, the South Carolina Department of Corrections announced early Monday morning.<br />
Lee County Fire and Rescue said in a Facebook post Monday morning that it assisted with the incident at Lee Correctional Institution. EMS crews from Florence County, Kershaw County, Lexington County and Hartsville also responded.<br />
The S.C. Department of Corrections said on<a href="https://twitter.com/SCDCNews/media"> Twitter </a><a href="https://twitter.com/SCDCNews/media"> Twitter </a>around the same time that an incident involving &#8220;multiple inmate on inmate altercations&#8221; in three housing units at the prison began around 7:15 p.m. Sunday. The prison was secure just before 3 a.m., the agency said.<br />
The department said all responding officers and emergency workers are safe and accounted for.</p>
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<p>The maximum-security facility located in Bishopville, about 55 miles from Columbia, is home to some of South Carolina&#8217;s most violent, longest-serving offenders. In recent years, there have been several large insurrections, including one in which an inmate overpowered a guard and used his keys to free others from their cells.<br />
The seven deaths at Lee Correctional are the most in any <span class="link-complex-target">S.C.</span> prison in recent history.<br />
The prison has had several violent incidents over the years. Four inmates were killed last year by fellow prisoners at the state&#8217;s Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia.<br />
Sunday&#8217;s fatal fights came three weeks after inmates briefly held an officer hostage and took control of part of a dorm at the Bishopville prison.<br />
An inmate died during a fight in the prison last July.<br />
In January 2016, five inmates were injured in a fight in one of the housing units. Five months later, one inmate was killed and another injured during an incident.<br />
Five corrections officers were injured during a December 2007 attack by three inmates in one of the dorms.<br />
Going back to June 2012, the prison was placed on lockdown after a guard was taken hostage.</p>
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7 inmates DEAD, 17 injured overnight in ‘mass casualty incident’ at SC maximum security prison that took all night to bring under control
