The Michigan Department of Corrections announced Friday that it completed its widespread COVID-19 testing of every inmate within their system.
Prisons around the country have been hot spots for the virus to spread because people are living in close quarters. Michigan started testing symptomatic prisoners in late March, and about a month about the department of corrections started mass testing.
“When it comes to this virus, testing is critical to knowing exactly what you are dealing with and how to address it,” MDOC Director Heidi Washington said. “The vast majority of the prisoners we found who tested positive had no symptoms and were making it more challenging to control the spread of this illness."
The final results are still pending, but so far, out of 38,120 inmates who were tested at 29 state prisons, there were 3,263 positive cases, 18,316 negative cases and 16,551 still awaiting results.
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