A total of 11 prisoners have tested positive for coronavirus and more than 80 are self-isolating, the Scottish Prison Service has said.
The latest figures show 85 inmates are self-isolating across 12 prisons, with more than 40 of those in Addiewell, West Lothian, after a hall was closed down on a precautionary basis following positive tests.
Since the start of the outbreak, two deaths in Scotland's prisons have been linked to the virus.Francis McCarthy, 59, died on Monday April 13 after being taken to hospital from HMP Low Moss with suspected coronavirus.He was sentenced to life after being convicted in 1985 of murdering 26-year-old Thomas McKirdy from Paisley.The previous week, serial sex offender John Angus, 66, who was being held at
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