Covid infections at Snake River Correctional Institution nearly double in one month

Snake River Correctional Institution outside Ontario. (FILE/The Enterprise)

ONTARIO—The coronavirus continues to spread through the Snake River Correctional Institution, with the number of inmates infected almost doubling in the past 30 days.

The prison remains a major source of Covid cases in Malheur County and has one of the highest infection rates among Oregon’s 14 prisons.

As of Sept . . .

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