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By Malea Martin
A new COVID-19 outbreak at the Lompoc Penitentiary though currently much smaller than the one that peaked in May and infected hundreds has family members and inmate advocates concerned about the current situation.
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Family members of inmates at the Lompoc prison gathered in protest in late April when the first COVID-19 outbreak was beginning to ramp up.
FILE PHOTO COURTESY OF LOMPOC PRISON RALLY ORGANIZERS
As of Dec. 15, the Bureau of Prisons reported that 25 inmates and one staff member had tested positive for the virus, nearly doubling from the 13 reported the previous day.