(December 27, 2020 2:45 PM) The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 3:00 PM December 23, there are 20,954 confirmed positive COVID-19 cumulative cases at facilities throughout the state, an increase of 1,021 in the past week. Of that statewide total, 4,033 of the confirmed positive cases are at Jackson facilities.
Throughout the state corrections system, there are currently 5,966 active cases.
In Jackson, there are 1,492 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, at 1,206 Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 25 at Duane Waters Health Center, 796 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, and 514 at Parnall Correctional Facility.
Among staff, there are a total of 2,804 COVID-19 positive cases statewide. In Jackson, there are 153 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among employees at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 143 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 84 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, 4 at Jackson Regional Warehouse, 3 at Jackson Regional Office, 2 at Jackson Training Center and 94 at Parnall Correctional Facility.
There have been a total of 108 deaths (statewide) of prisoners who had tested positive for COVID-19, 26 of those deaths were among prisoners at Jackson facilities.
Testing continues daily at all facilities. When prisoners are set to parole, discharge or other such movements, they are tested again and are not moved until the test results return.
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.
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