80 Inmates in Kingston, Ont., Prison Test Positive for COVID-19: CSC

80 Inmates in Kingston, Ont., Prison Test Positive for COVID-19: CSC
Exterior view of Joyceville Institution after an outbreak of at least 80 inmates with COVID-19 at the Joyceville Institution in Kingston, Ontario, on Dec. 17, 2020. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg
The Canadian Press
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Eighty inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at a prison in Kingston, Ont., the federal government said Thursday, hours after announcing it had suspended visits to Ontario’s correctional facilities.

Eight cases at two other prisons have also been linked to the outbreak at the Joyceville Institution, the Correctional Service of Canada said, noting that visits had already been banned by the time the test results came in.