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Michigan prisoners are getting vaccine, many officers may be declining
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Prisoners have said that being cut off from seeing their families has taken a toll on their mental health, leaving them with few outlets at a time when outbreaks have threatened their health and limited prisoner movement and activities.
Since the virus was first detected in the prison system last March, 139 prisoners have died and 25,661 prisoners 63% of people incarcerated throughout the pandemic have tested positive. The department currently houses about 33,000 people and reported 788 active prisoner cases as of Thursday.
The coronavirus has claimed the lives of four corrections staff across the state, and 3,687 employees have tested positive.
Visitors will take a rapid antigen test in their vehicles and will be allowed inside for further screening if they are negative. Prisoners must test negative as well. The department will provide masks for people to wear inside the visiting room.
MDOC continues to make up the majority of Michigan s known B.1.1.7 cases. There were 422 cases across the state as of Thursday, according to MDHHS. After MDOC, Washtenaw County has the most cases, with 46.
Michigan ranks second nationally for the highest number of B.1.1.7 variant cases behind Florida, which has 500 cases, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But states have limited capacity to test for the variant. The MDOC cases were detected through a testing regimen that involves daily testing of prisoners and staff. Positive samples are sent to the state lab to sequence for the variant. All prisoners and staff at Bellamy Creek, as well as some prisoners and employees at Duane Waters and Macomb, are tested daily.