MDOC: 366 Confirmed Positive Cases at Jackson Facilities, 111 Confirmed Positive Jackson Staff

(April 28, 2020 7:33 AM) The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 10:00 PM Tuesday, there are 1,395 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at facilities throughout the state.  Of that statewide total, 336 of the confirmed positive cases are at Jackson facilities.

There have been a total of 39 deaths of prisoners who had tested positive for COVID-19, 14 of those deaths were among prisoners at Jackson facilities. The most recent deaths, reported on April 27, were of five prisoners who had been housed at Parnall Correctional Facility, Thumb Correctional Facility, Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center and Lakeland Correctional Facility. One April 26, the deaths of a prisoner at Duane Waters Health Center and a prisoner at Lakeland Correctional Facility were reported. 

In Jackson, there are 170 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at Parnall Correctional Facility, 30 at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 30 at Duane Waters Health Center and 136 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility.

Among staff, there are a total of 261 COVID-19 positive cases statewide.   In Jackson, there are 72 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among employees at Parnall Correctional Facility, 1 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 20 at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 15 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility and 3 at Jackson Regional Warehouse.

The Department says they have now started a system of expanded testing beginning at Lakeland Correctional Facility. The plan is to test all prisoners at Lakeland by the end of last week and begin testing prisoners at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility this week.

The Michigan Department of Corrections is listed as a separate jurisdiction 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.