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April 30, 2020Mission, Kan. |  By: AP

Prison infections up with early release announcement coming

MISSION, Kan. (AP) - Worried relatives are demanding that Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly release some prison inmates early to allow for better social distancing amid a coronavirus outbreak at one state facility.

New numbers released Wednesday show 75 staff at the Lansing Correction Facility have tested positive, 18% of the prison's workforce. 15 of them have recovered and returned to work.

Another 79 inmates have tested positive, and two have died. Three inmates from a work-release facility in Wichita were moved to Lansing after testing positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.