By Steve Daniels & Silvia Gambardella
ABC News
RALEIGH — Behind the secret walls of the North Carolina state prison system, the ABC11 I-Team found there is a rise in violent assaults and deadly threats.
It’s not the inmates being targeted, but the people who guard them and even their families.
A staggering number of gangs are operating inside North Carolina prisons — a total of 1000. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety says they have been threatening and attacking correctional officers if they don’t get what they want.
Full story: I-Team: Assaults on North Carolina corrections officers increasing