LEXINGTON, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma state prison in Lexington has been without power for five days after lightning struck a transformer.
The Lexington Assessment and Reception Center has had no electricity since Saturday.
State Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terri Watkins said ice is being taken into the prison and that it has fans and three generators.
Watkins said work is ongoing to put a new transformer in place and that power is expected to be restored by Thursday.
The prison holds about 1,450 inmates. It is a medium- and minimum-security prison and serves as intake facility for inmates.