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December 8, 2020

A crowded Middle River jail tries to stem COVID outbreaks as a third of inmates test positive

By Randi B. Hagi, Assistant Editor

More than a third of Middle River Regional Jail inmates and dozens of its employees — several hundred people total — have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past few weeks, forcing the jail to apply a tiered system to try to limit the spread in different sections.

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