Sentinel testing is underway in Missouri Department of Corrections adult institutions. All staff and offenders at Southeast Correctional Center and South Central Correctional Center are being tested this week. Beginning May 31, staff and offenders at Chillicothe Correctional Center and Algoa Correctional Center will be tested. Updates reflect results of this comprehensive testing strategy.
New COVID-19 Positive Tests May 29: 2
- Non-Prison Staff: 0
- Prison Staff: 1
- Southeast Correctional Center
- Inmates: 1
- Southeast Correctional Center
TOTAL COVID-19 CASES
since March 23, 2020
Cumulative Total COVID-19 Cases - INMATES: 46
- Inmate Active Cases: 32
- Inmates Recovered: 13
- Inmate Deaths: 1
Inmate Tests: 2,374
Cumulative Total COVID-19 Cases - STAFF: 29
- Positive Non-Prison Staff: 7
- Positive Prison Staff: 22
- Staff Deaths: 0
Locations Connected to Positive Tests
Inmates
- Southeast Correctional Center - 44
- Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center - 1
- Tested positive while hospitalized - 1
Prison Staff
- Southeast Correctional Center - 17
- Ozark Correctional Center - 1
- Western Missouri Correctional Center - 1
- Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center - 1
- Western Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center - 1
- Tested positive while on leave - 1
Non-Prison Staff
- Jefferson City
- St. Louis
- Kansas City
- Brookfield
- Warrensburg
All protocols are followed to minimize exposure.Everyone who has had close contact with a staff member testing positive for COVID-19 has been notified. Staff who have been exposed to a COVID-19-positive colleague have been sent home for 14 days of quarantine. Offenders in each facility are provided with protective face coverings and are monitored for symptoms. If symptoms appear, symptomatic offenders and their cell mates are isolated, separately, pending test results.
When a staff member tests positive for COVID-19, the results are shared with people in the affected locations first, and then all staff are notified.
For more information on Missouri Department of Corrections COVID-19-related health and safety measures, please visit https://doc.mo.gov/media-center/newsroom/covid-19.