MCI-Norfolk. (Michael Norton/SHNS)
Two Massachusetts men, incarcerated at different state prisons, have died of COVID-19 in the past week. Six prisoners have died of the disease in the past three weeks.
The state Department of Correction said a man in his 60s who was being held at Old Colony Correctional Center was recently taken to the hospital for a medical emergency, where he later died. The DOC said the man had no known history of COVID, but tested positive for the disease at the hospital.
Another man in his 70s, who was being held at MCI-Norfolk, also died of the coronavirus this week. He had been hospitalized for about two weeks.
BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts will start vaccinating individuals living and working in congregate care facilities and prisons on Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker said at a Statehouse press conference Wednesday. The facilities include residential congregate care programs, groups homes, residential treatment programs, community-based acute residential treatment programs and clinical stabilization programs. Shelter programs including homeless shelters,.
BRIDGEWATER Two prisoners who were housed at a Bridgewater facility have recently died due to complications from COVID-19, officials said.
A Department of Correction spokesperson confirmed Monday evening that it notified Special Master Brien T. O’Connor of two recent deaths one on Jan. 4 and the other on Jan. 8 involving Old Colony Correctional Center prisoners who had contracted the coronavirus and required hospitalization.
The Old Colony Correctional Center is a medium and minimum security prison that focuses on mental health.
The Department of Correction provides O Connor with a report each Thursday that includes incarceration and release statistics and COVID-19 testing, cases and deaths from the previous Thursday up to the Wednesday of that week.
BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts will start vaccinating individuals living and working in congregate care facilities and prisons on Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker said at a Statehouse press conference Wednesday.