The facility was on lockdown overnight Thursday as a precaution because of an inmate illness
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP - The Mercer County jail began normal operations Friday morning after an inmate who came down with a mysterious illness forced a lockdown of the facility, officials said.
The jail, in Hopewell Township, resumed normal operations around 9:30 a.m. Friday. The facility was on lockdown overnight Thursday as a precaution because of an inmate illness, said Donna Leusner, spokeswoman for the state Department of Health.
Leusner declined to be more specific. A spokesman for Mercer County could not be immediately reached Friday.
ALSO: Former investigator says county jail is mismanaged
6abc.com reported that at around 2 a.m. Thursday, the inmate developed a fever and was taken to a Trenton hospital.
There were early concerns about Ebola because the inmate flew in from Liberia on Aug. 28, but one Ebola test has come back negative, according to 6abc.com.
The World Health Organization on Thursday declared Liberia free from Ebola, but the organization is watching the West African country closely because new cases of the disease have surfaced following a previous announcement that Liberia was Eboal-free, according to NBCNews.com.
Keith Brown may be reached at kbrown@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @KBrownTrenton. Find The Times of Trenton on Facebook.
