State and local officials are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak at the Richland Correctional Institution, where 28 inmates have tested positive for coronavirus with results pending from 18 additional tests.
As of Monday, the prison at 1001 S. Olivesburg Road on the city's northeast side, had 1,829 inmates in quarantine (out of 2,332) and 35 in isolation, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
According to the state prison system website, quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed, or potentially exposed, to a contagious disease to see if they become sick.