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Rick Ganley: First, can you give us an idea of what case numbers and outbreaks within New Hampshire s prisons look like right now?
Peter Biello: There are outbreaks currently open at the State Prison for Men in Concord and the Women s Correctional Facility in Concord. Outbreaks will not be closed until there are no positive tests in the facility for 14 consecutive days. And right now, at the State Prison for Men, there are three confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. At the state prison for women, there s one. And there are none reported right now at the northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin and none reported at the state s transitional housing units, the secure psychiatric unit, transitional work Units, or residential treatment unit.
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By NANCY WEST, InDepthNH.org
CONCORD, NH In less than three weeks, the number of state prison inmates with active cases of COVID-19 has skyrocketed from six to 152, with 31 of those in the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin, according to the state Department of Corrections website.
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The number of state prison staff on Monday with active COVID-19 was 21.
There were no active COVID-19 cases at the federal prison in Berlin Monday, but they did report three staff members being positive.
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The biggest increase for the state prison system was at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord that reported 118 active cases, 2 cases in the prison psychiatric units and one at transitional housing units in either Manchester or Concord.
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