From the outside, the El Dorado Correctional Facility looks solid, but on the inside, it's a different story, according to some. 

 "We got one phone call. It was from the chaplain and he said our son was critically injured and in the hospital. And that was it," said Desiree Morgan.

Since that call, Morgan has been frantic to learn if her son, Jacob Lucas, is doing all right.  She says he'd received threats from other inmates and was supposed to be held in a part of the jail isolated from the other prisoners, but for some unknown reason, he was moved.

"He was in general population for 20 minutes before he was jumped by more than one person," said Morgan. 

The stabbing is the latest report of violence at the state prison over the past few weeks.  State Representative Jim Ward spoke to us by phone. He says some of the problems are caused by a large number of inmates being transferred to El Dorado from another facility while work is done. 

"They all come together in a perfect storm," said Ward referring to the problems. "That's requiring more prisoners to be placed in El Dorado, which is calling double bunking, and that while technically allowable is much more dangerous for the guards and the prisoners."

Not only are there more inmates but El Dorado is operating short staffed and asking guards to work 12 hours days.  The warden has also been reassigned without explanation.  Morgan spoke with the deputy warden about her son's attack .

"Why was he put in population? You know he was not supposed to be there. Something went wrong and he said yes something went wrong."

As for Morgan, her son was one of those transferred to El Dorado from another facility. 

"I hold the prison responsible for this because our family members that are in prison are being held accountable for something they have done. They are in prison and the prison is in charge of their safety and well-being," said Morgan. 

She is hoping to hear from her son, but she knows the safety of both guards and inmates are at risk until something is done to solve the staffing shortage. Ward says both Republicans and Democrats at the state level tried to put more money into KDOC to pay prison guards, but it is something he will continue to push.