The number of confirmed coronavirus cases affecting staff and inmates at a Nottinghamshire prison has topped 100.
Bosses of HMP Lowdham Grange have recorded 116 positive infections, including 77 prisoners and 39 members of the workforce.
The number of positive cases at the Category B jail has risen from 84, with more than 1,000 people being tested.
Speaking previously, Mark Hanson, Serco contract director at HMP Lowdham Grange, said: “We have been working closely with PHE (Public Health England), the NHS and the Director of Public Health for Nottinghamshire to look after everyone in the prison and we are taking every measure possible to keep them safe, maintain their mental wellbeing and combat the virus.
"Prisoners are self-isolating in their cells with limited time out; there is an enhanced cleaning plan in place; a programme to test every prisoner for Covid is now underway and everybody, officers and prisoners alike, has been issued with face protection.
"Additionally our team is working with the NHS healthcare team to provide support for all the prisoners, talking to each and every one of them in their cells every day, with the healthcare team able to call the prisoners on their in-cell phones."
It comes after 10 members of staff and two prisoners tested positive for the virus at HMP Nottingham, in Perry Road, Sherwood.
