Hinds County inmate tests positive for COVID-19

A Hinds County inmate at the Raymond Detention Center tested positive for COVID-19, sheriff's office officials reported Monday.

Sheriff's Office officials said on Twitter they have contacted the state Department of Health and will test all inmates at the detention center and other facilities. Detention officers also will be tested if they choose.

Last week, the sheriff's department reported two Raymond Detention Center officers tested positive for COVID-19 and a sick inmate was tested. 

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On Friday, the Mississippi Department of Corrections announced it had confirmed at least 45 cases of the coronavirus, including 28 inmates and 17 employees.

In nid-April, an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman became the first case confirmed in the state's prison population.

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