More inmates, prison staff sick with COVID-19 in Essex County, downstate inmates transferred to Malone
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(Apr 20, 2020) There are more signs of COVID-19 trouble in North Country prisons. Federal officials say there are now seven inmates and six staff sick with the virus at FCI Ray Brook, the federal prison near Saranac Lake. Meanwhile state officials are transferring more inmates from a downstate prison to a correctional facility in Malone.