Over 800 inmates at California prison test positive for COVID-19
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Over 800 inmates at California prison test positive for COVID-19 

A total of 823 inmates and 25 staff have tested positive for COVID-19 at a prison complex in California, according to data from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Friday.

The Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex in California's Santa Barbara County is comprised of two facilities: FCI Lompoc, a low-security correctional institution that houses 1,162 inmates, and USP Lompoc, a medium-security US penitentiary that houses 1,542 inmates.

CNN cited the BOP data that approximately 68 percent of the FCI Lompoc facility's total inmate population have tested positive for the virus.

In U.S., thousands of inmates have tested positive. In Ohio, over 20 percent of the people infected with coronavirus are prisoners. In Colorado, the state's largest outbreak is in a correctional facility.