Movements of inmates restricted at Lowell Correctional Institution in Marion County after woman dies of unidentified flu-like illness (others are ill)

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http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130726/ARTICLES/130729676
Mystery illness at Lowell; one prisoner has died
By Austin L. Miller
Staff writer
Published: Friday, July 26, 2013 at 6:36 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 26, 2013 at 6:36 p.m.

A mysterious illness has led officials to restrict the movements of more than 150 inmates at the Lowell Correctional Institution in northern Marion County while the state Department of Corrections and state Department of Health investigate.

Misty Cash, a spokeswoman for the DOC, said some inmates at the women’s prison are experiencing “flu-like symptoms.”...