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With Coronavirus Cases Climbing, State Suspends Visits to Inmates

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 12/31/20

Following a “significant increase’” in the incidence of the coronavirus among inmates, staff and in nearby communities, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision on Dec. 30 suspended visitations inside state jails effective the same day. 

The moratorium was put in place just over a week after the department instituted an asymptomatic surveillance-testing plan.

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