The situation at MCI is serious enough that Gov. Mike DeWine
on Friday called on the Ohio National Guard to assist at the prison. The Guard
was previously dispatched to help at Pickaway Correctional.
Here's what we know so far.
The Marion Correctional Institution has become one of the
nation's largest hotspots for COVID-19, as advocates for both the
correctional officers and the inmates say the state is not doing enough to
protect either.
At least 78% of inmates, or 1,950, have tested
positive, as of Monday. A total of 154 staff members have been infected,
and one guard and one inmate have died.
Marion County had 1,834 cases of COVID-19 as of 2 p.m.
Sunday, according to the Ohio Department of Health, ahead of Franklin
and Cuyahoga. Marion County had 103 positive cases on April 14, before the
MCI outbreak was reported.
On March 29, Marion Correctional was the first prison to
report a confirmed coronavirus case in a staff member. Five days later,
the prison had become the first in Ohio to report a COVID-19 case in a
prisoner.
Within 16 days, the cluster at MCI prisoners had ballooned
to more than 1,800 confirmed cases. More than 70 percent of the inmates at
Marion Correctional have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Overall, the state’s prison system has recorded 2,426
positive results among inmates, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction said. That represents 21 percent of Ohio's confirmed COVID-19
cases.
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