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Several employees for the West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have been suspended after posing for a photo while performing a Nazi salute under the text “Hail Byrd!”

The picture, first published by WCHS-TV, features about 30 blurred faces and appears to have been recently taken for the state’s “Basic Training Class #18” — which ran from Oct. 21 to Nov. 27.

Republican Governor Jim Justice condemned the photo in a statement to the Washington Post, and has “ordered the termination” of participants in the offensive picture.

“I condemn the photo of Basic Training Class #18 in the strongest possible terms,” Justice said.