A North Carolina prison complex where an inmate died from Covid-19 has the highest number of coronavirus cases of any federal correctional complex in the US, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Sixty inmates and 23 staff have tested positive for Covid-19 at the Butner Correctional Complex, according to BOP data. The complex is made up of one low security institution, two medium security institutions and a medical center.Florida inmates will make face masks for correctional officersThe first death from coronavirus at the Butner complex occurred on Saturday night, the BOP said.
Both staff and inmates are required to wear the face masks any time social distancing is not possible, and inmates are screened by medical staff before coming out of their cells, the spokesperson said. Read MoreThe Butner Federal Correctional Complex.Inmates in the medium-security Butner FCI 1 facility, which contains 914 total inmates, were given masks a couple of weeks ago, after an outbreak of Covid-19 occurred in the lower compound.
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