Masks required in Vermont prisons after uptick in cases

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - As positive COVID cases rise across Vermont, the state’s prisons are also seeing an increase.

The Vermont Department of Corrections is now reporting seven new positive cases. That includes one inmate and four staff at the prison in Newport. One staff at the Rutland prison and one staff member at the St. Albans prison.

Masks are now required at all prisons and outside visitation has been suspended at the facilities with the positive cases.

A unit at the Newport facility is quarantined since both a COVID-positive worker and inmate both came from there.

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