LINCOLN- All units at the Nebraska State Penitentiary have been placed into quarantine after 29 inmates test positive for the virus. This was discovered after all inmates were tested Friday. This will allow for the prison administrators to continue to test the population smoothly. The entire facility will be in quarantine for at least 2 weeks.

This came right as the penitentiary was going to begin in person visits again. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 64 staff members at the corrections department have tested positive.

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