The Victorian prison system has recorded its first COVID-19 case in more than a year.
A prisoner at the Metropolitan Remand Centre at Ravenhall tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, a Department of Justice spokeswoman confirmed.
The prisoner is asymptomatic and has been in quarantine since they arrived at the maximum-security facility on Friday.
Five staff members have been identified as primary close contacts and will be furloughed until they are cleared by the health department.
The movement of hundreds of other prisoners has been temporarily restricted while contact tracing is underway.
All new prisoners are tested and required to spend 14 days in protective quarantine, regardless of their COVID-19 risk.
