Two floors of a building in the Roanne (Loire) detention center were placed in solitary confinement after the discovery of a cluster of 34 positive Covid-19 cases among the detainees, the prison administration said on Friday June 4. .
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The Regional Health Agency (ARS) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has considered since May 31 the two floors of building D as a cluster.
There are also 8 cases, on the agent side,
”she told AFP, confirming information from the regional daily
Le Progrès
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Since this discovery, 120 inmates, positive cases and contact cases, are now in solitary confinement in their cells within the building classified as a cluster.
All the other detainees at the detention center underwent a screening campaign by the LRA on Thursday, which will also be carried out among prison officers next Monday, according to the same source.
The Roanne detention center has 533 detainees, including 70 women and 200 prison officers.