POLKTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina taxpayers are paying three former inmates more than $62,000 for injuries they received while in prison.
The three inmates were among five being held at the Lanesboro Correctional Institution.
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They sued after being stabbed by gang members.
The group claimed that prison guards opened locked doors, which allowed gang members to carry out violent attacks.
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The five inmates were stabbed over a 10-month period in 2011 and 2012.