35 employees at Gatesville prison units have tested positive for the coronavirus
The office of the Coryell County Judge sent out a news release on Wednesday that said 35 employees at the six Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison units in the Gatesville area have tested positive for the coronavirus.
There are also 49 inmates in the prison units that have tested positive for the virus, according to the release. Those inmates are included in the 86 confirmed cases in Coryell County.
Of the the 35 employees, the Lane Murray state prison near Gatesville has the largest portion of those cases with 24. Additionally, the Lane Murray Unit ranks third overall in the state prison system behind the Telford and Wynne units, each reporting 31 employees as positive. Telford is near New Boston, and the Wynne unit is in Huntsille.
The Lane Murray unit has 341 total employees and 1,341 total female inmates. The unit holds only women prisoners.
Read more: https://www.tdtnews.com/news/coronavirus/article_d018e9f8-5c1f-5253-875c-fbc7fde50e2e.html
(Temple Daily Telegram)
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