Department of Correction Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus

MONTVILLE, CT — The second Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) employee has tested

positive for the COVID-19 virus.

The custody staff employee who is assigned to the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center in Uncasville, CT last entered the facility on March 21, 2020. The individual was scheduled to work today, Wednesday, March 25, but called out sick and later called back to report to the facility’s administration the positive test result for the COVID-19 virus.

To date no other staff member or offender at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The individual’s name is being withheld due to HIPAA regulations.

A review of the individuals assigned posts for the last five days worked, placed the individual in areas of the Radgowski building which required minimal interaction with the offender population.

Earlier this week, the Department of Correction reported its first staff member to test positive for COVID-19. That employee is assigned to the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown, CT.

On Monday of this week, the Department of Correction instituted its wellness screening policy which requires that prior to being allowed to enter a Department of Correction facility everyone must successfully pass a wellness screening (including a temperature check).

An individual with a fever of 100.4 degrees (or greater) will not be allowed access into the facility. To date no other staff member or offender at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.