COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Michigan Department of Corrections says two prisoners at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater have tested positive for COVID-19.
The MDOC said Wednesday the first prisoner to be diagnosed with the virus was in isolation. There has been no information as to the second prisoner who tested positive.
A total of 13 Michigan prisoners and one parolee have tested positive for coronavirus.
As for the other Michigan prisoners who have tested positive, seven are inmates at Parnall Correctional Facility in Jackson with one each at Woodland Correctional Facility at Whitmore Lake, Macomb Correctional Facility in Macomb County, the Newberry Correctional Facility in the Upper Peninsula and at Kinross Correctional Facility which is also in the U.P.
Besides the 13 prisoners, one parolee tested positive for the virus at the Detroit Reentry Center on Monday. The parolee was released Tuesday before the test results came back. He was later told to self-quarantine.
Also testing positive for COVID-19 at last report have been a Jackson County probation officer, a worker at the Thumb Correctional Facility in Lapeer and a Detroit Detention Center employee.
