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Federal Prisoners Able to Get Social Visits Again Next Month

Inmates gather outside of tents at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) Terminal Island prison in Los Angeles, California, on May 1. — Inmates gather outside of tents at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) Terminal Island prison in Los Angeles, California, on May 1.
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

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By Tina Davis (BGOV)

September 2, 2020 at 6:14 PM UTC

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The Federal Bureau of Prisons is resuming social visits for more than 127,000 inmates, after suspending them over concerns about Covid-19.

Starting no later than Oct. 3, visitors to its 122 facilities will be allowed in after being screened for coronavirus symptoms and if they wear masks (“no bandanas,” the agency specified).