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(January 24, 2021 7:02 PM) The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 7:30 PM January 24, there are 23,922 confirmed positive COVID-19 cumulative cases at facilities throughout the state.  Of that statewide total, 4,440 of the confirmed positive cases are at Jackson facilities.   

Throughout the state corrections system, there are currently 1,597 active cases.

In Jackson, there are 1,755 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center,  at 1,215 Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 26 at Duane Waters Health Center, 924 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, and 520 at Parnall Correctional Facility.   All numbers are cumulative.

Among staff, there are a total of 3,369 COVID-19 positive cases statewide.  In Jackson, there are 185 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among employees at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 152 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 109 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, 4 at Jackson Regional Warehouse, 3 at Jackson Regional Office, 2 at Jackson Training Center and 105 at Parnall Correctional Facility.  All numbers are cumulative.

There have been a total of 129 deaths (statewide) of prisoners who had tested positive for COVID-19, 29 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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