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Mother of injured inmate blames prison riot on months-long lockdown
By postandcourier.com- Andrew Knapp and Natalie Caula Hauff
Published: 07/11/2014

The mother of an inmate at Lieber Correctional Institution said Thursday that a strict, months-long security program for prisoners set off a riot in which her son was stabbed.

Cathy Wright, 56, of Greenville said her son also was beaten by other inmates Tuesday after they stole an officer's keys and unlocked several cells in the prison's Ashley A dorm. State records showed Wright's son, Ryan Wright, 30, was hospitalized after the disturbance.

"Being on lockdown," Cathy Wright said, "it's making them angry."

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