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(UPDATED April 6, 2020 11:44 PM) The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 10:30 PM tonight, there are 238 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at nine facilities throughout the state.  Of that statewide total, 112 of the confirmed positive cases are at Jackson facilities.

In Jackson, there are 102 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at Parnall Correctional Facility and 10 at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center.

There are 29 MDOC facilities in Michigan, 20 facilities have no positive COVID-19 cases.  A total of 418 prisoners have been tested statewide as of last night.  123 of those tested were negative and results are pending on 57 cases.

MDOC released information about the health of its staff.  There are a total of 109 COVID-19 positive cases among staff at 11 facilities.   In Jackson, there are 42 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among employees at Parnall Correctional Facility, 1 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility and 1 at Jackson Central Warehouse.

Saturday, the department reported the first COVID-19 death in the prison system, a prisoner from Parnall Correctional Facility.  So far, that is the only death among prisoners.  A total of 2 staff have died after contracting coronavirus;  a corrections transportation officer and a word processing assistant at the Lahser Probation Office in Detroit. 

The Michigan Department of Corrections has been added as a separate jurisdiction under the “Other” category in the daily MDHHS report of positive cases in the state. All other cases are reported by county.  MDOC prisoner cases are not included in the county cumulative numbers or in the numbers reported by the Jackson County Health Department.

Department Spokesman Chris Gautz will be appearing on JTV’s The Bart Hawley Show on Tuesday at 1PM.

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