Pennsylvania Prisons Placed On Lockdown As Mystery Illnesses Probed

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – Pennsylvania’s state prisons are on lockdown after staff members required treatment in recent weeks from exposure to a yet-unidentified substance described as a liquid synthetic drug.
The Department of Corrections announced the step Wednesday, following the news that guards and nurses were treated for possible drug exposure inside an Ohio prison.
The department didn’t say how long the lockdown will last.
In the mean