Visits canceled at 2 Va. prisons due to scabies scare

Published August 12, 2011 4:00am ET



A possible scabies outbreak has forced Virginia officials to cancel visitations at two prisons.

About 90 inmates at the Mecklenburg Correctional Center and 70 prisoners at the Deep Meadow Correctional Center are suspected of having contracted scabies, the Associated Press reports.

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