A prison dormitory is under quarantine as health officials process tests for H1N1 swine flu.

Three inmates at the Promontory housing facility have been tested after reporting flu-like symptoms, according to a news statement by the state Department of Corrections. The three men live in the same 50-bed dormitory at the Utah State Prison.

Results are expected within five days.

Three other inmates also are suspected of carrying the H1N1 virus and have been isolated in the prison's infirmary.

One inmate at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison also has shown flu-like symptoms. That inmate also was tested; results are pending.

"It is crucial that we properly identify those offenders who may have been exposed and administer the appropriate medical care while preventing the spread of the H1N1 virus inside the facilities," said Richard Garden, director of the department's Clinical Services Bureau.

The H1N1 virus has a 43 percent transmission rate for those living in the same household.

The Promontory facility is a 400-bed unit at the Draper prison, but only one of its dormitories is under quarantine. Movement into and out of the facility has been limited to necessary medical transports only. Court hearings and Board of Pardons and Parole hearings for men housed in the unit will be rescheduled, and all visiting and programming at the facility has been canceled until further notice.

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