BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — An inmate at the Dixon Correctional Insitute in East Feliciana Parish received a preliminary positive test result for Tuberculosis, according to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. According to officials, the inmate is being isolated and receiving treatment out of an abundance of caution. Officials said that there is not an outbreak at the Dixon Correctional Institute and the prison is not on lockdown. "However, the Department has suspended routine inmate transfers into and out of the prison for the time being," said the DOC. Officials stated that they are currently working with the Louisiana Department of Health. Rep. Clay Higgins raises questions after detainee with rare tuberculosis strain exposed hundreds in Louisiana This result comes after a woman from China who illegally came into the country and might have exposed hundreds of inmates to a rare form of Tuberculosis. The DOC stated, "There is no reason to suspect a connection to the drug-resistant TB case at the ICE facility at this time." Latest News Twin sister of Baton Rouge murder-suicide victim holds candlelight vigil on her anniversary Election 2024: Meet Alfred Bell, candidate for Metro Council District 7 Project 2025 would upend Black Americans' lives: Analysis Breast cancer survivor joins new support group in Baton Rouge Former LSU basketball star Angel Reese signs extension, shoe deal with Reebok