New COVID-19 Positive Tests May 7-8: 15
- Non-Prison Staff: 0
- Prison Staff: 4
- Southeast Correctional Center - 3
- Ozark Correctional Center - 1
- Inmates: 11
- Southeast Correctional Center
TOTAL COVID-19 CASES
since March 23, 2020
Total COVID-19 Cases - INMATES: 43
- Positive Inmates: 42
- Inmate Deaths: 1
Inmates Tested: 476
Total COVID-19 Cases - STAFF: 24
- Positive Non-Prison Staff: 7
- Positive Prison Staff: 17
- Staff Deaths: 0
Locations Connected to Positive Cases
Inmates
- Southeast Correctional Center - 42
- Tested positive while hospitalized - 1
Prison Staff
- Southeast Correctional Center - 12
- 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.