COVID-19 Information
If you have questions about COVID-19 or the state’s response generally, please visit the Washington State Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response website.
- About
- Incarcerated Population Reduction Efforts
- Confirmed Cases
- Testing Among Incarcerated Housed in Facilities
- Isolation and Quarantine Among Incarcerated Population
- Significant Events Timeline (pdf) (Formerly known as Daily Situation Report)
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Resources
About
The health and safety of our staff, those in our care, and the community is our top priority.
The Department of Corrections began supporting Department of Health (DOH) response to COVID-19 on February 9, 2020 by providing members of the agency Department Incident Management Team (DIMT). An advanced contingency planning team launched on February 28, 2020 to support the agency response. The department officially opened its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at Headquarters in response to COVID-19, including representatives from health services staff, on March 2, 2020.
Incarcerated Population Reduction Efforts
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and need to provide more physical distancing within the state's correctional facilities, the Department implemented a limited transfer of 950 minimum custody and work release incarcerated individuals to their communities.
Department of Corrections Incarcerated Population Reduction Efforts
(Lists are no longer updated. All lists are final.)
| Type | List of Individuals |
|---|---|
| Commutation | Commutation List Current as of 5/4/2020 (pdf) |
| Rapid Reentry | Rapid Reentry List Current as of 5/15/2020 (pdf) |
| Work Release Furlough | Work Release Furlough List Current as of 5/7/2020 (pdf) |
Questions
Questions concerning a specific individual should be directed to the facility where the individual is housed. Facility staff will provide information that is appropriate and authorized by policy.
Provided information will not include specific reasons why an individual may have been removed from a list. Thank you for your understanding.
Related News & Announcements
- Corrections Announces Upcoming Transfer of Individuals Back to the Community (posted 04/16/2020)
- Governor Proclamation 20-50: Reducing Prison Population (pdf) (posted 04/15/2020)
- Governor's Emergency Commutation Order (pdf) (posted 04/15/2020)
- Department of Corrections Continues to Take Necessary Steps to Protect Health of Incarcerated (posted 04/13/2020)
- Inslee announces strategies for reducing the number of individuals incarcerated to address COVID-19 in DOC system (posted 04/13/2020)
Confirmed Cases
Department of Corrections COVID-19 Confirmed Cases
(Current as of Monday, May 18, 2020. Numbers are updated Monday-Friday)
*Self-Reported
**Confirmed cases includes contractor staff
***Based on location where individual tested positive for COVID-19
| Location | Staff Confirmed* | Incarcerated Individual Confirmed |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters (TUM5, Airport Office, CI Headquarters, ISRB, SWRBO, SWR Performance Center, Maple Lane) | 1 | N/A |
| Mill Creek Regional Performance Center | 8 | N/A |
| Prisons | ||
| Airway Heights Corrections Center | 2 | 0 |
| Cedar Creek Corrections Center | 0 | 0 |
| Clallam Bay Corrections Center | 1 | 0 |
| Coyote Ridge Corrections Center | 3 | 6 |
| Larch Corrections Center | 0 | 0 |
| Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women | 0 | 0 |
| Monroe Correctional Complex | 9 | 18 |
| Olympic Corrections Center | 0 | 0 |
| Stafford Creek Corrections Center | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Corrections Center | 2 | 1 |
| Washington Corrections Center for Women | 0 | 0 |
| Washington State Penitentiary | 2 | 1 |
| Other Location*** (Based on location where individual tested positive for COVID-19) | ||
| County Jail | 0 | 0 |
| Community Medical Center | 0 | 1 |
| Work Release | ||
| Ahtanum View Work Release | 2 | 0 |
| Bellingham Work Release | 0 | 0 |
| Bishop Lewis Work Release | 0 | 0 |
| Brownstone Work Release | 0 | 0 |
| Eleanor Chase House Work Release | 0 | 0 |
| Helen B. Ratcliff Work Release | 0 | 0 |
| Longview Work Release | 0 | 0 |
| Olympia Work Release | 0 | 0 |
| Peninsula Work Release** | 2 | 0 |
| Progress House Work Release | 0 | 0 |
| Reynolds Work Release | 2 | 7 |
| Tri-Cities Work Release | 0 | 0 |
| Community Corrections | ||
| Community Corrections Section 1 | 0 | N/A |
| Community Corrections Section 2 | 2 | N/A |
| Community Corrections Section 3 | 0 | N/A |
| Community Corrections Section 4 | 0 | N/A |
| Community Corrections Section 5 | 0 | N/A |
| Community Corrections Section 6 | 6 | N/A |
| Community Corrections Section 7 | 0 | N/A |
Testing Among Incarcerated Housed in Facilities
Testing Among Incarcerated Housed in Prison & Work Release Facilities
(Current as of Monday, May 18, 2020. Numbers are updated Monday-Friday)
Screening and testing is conducted based on the guidance of the WA State DOC COVID-19 Screening, Testing, and Infection Control Guideline (pdf)
| Number of Tests Completed | Number of Negative Results | Number of Positive Results | Number of Pending Lab Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 410 | 356 | 34 | 20 |
Isolation and Quarantine Among Incarcerated Population
Isolation and Quarantine Among Incarcerated Population
(Current as of Monday, May 18, 2020. Numbers are updated Monday-Friday and will fluctuate daily.)
Isolation: separating a symptomatic patient with a concern for a communicable disease from other patients.
Quarantine: separating from other individuals those who are not showing symptoms yet have been exposed to an individual with a contagious disease.
Federal quarantine and isolation currently apply to the following diseases: cholera; diphtheria; infectious tuberculosis; plague; smallpox; yellow fever; viral hemorrhagic fevers; influenza caused by new or re-emergent flu viruses that are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic; and severe acute respiratory syndromes (which may include COVID-19).
| Number of Incarcerated Individuals in Isolation | Number of Incarcerated Individuals in Quarantine |
|---|---|
| 55 | 141 |
Resources
News & Announcements
- Significant Events Timeline (pdf) (Formerly known as the Daily Situation Report) (updated daily, Monday-Friday)
- PRESS RELEASE: First Washington Corrections Line of Duty Death from COVID-19 (posted 05/18/2020)
- Governor Proclamation 20-28.2: Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act (pdf) (posted 05/05/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Corrections Announces Upcoming Transfer of Individuals Back to the Community (posted 04/16/2020)
- Governor Proclamation 20-50: Reducing Prison Population (pdf) (posted 04/15/2020)
- Governor's Emergency Commutation Order (pdf) (posted 04/15/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Department of Corrections Continues to Take Necessary Steps to Protect Health of Incarcerated (posted 04/13/2020)
- Inslee announces strategies for reducing the number of individuals incarcerated to address COVID-19 in DOC system (posted 04/13/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Disturbance at Monroe Correctional Complex Under Control (posted 04/08/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Additional Positive COVID-19 Tests for Incarcerated Individuals within Monroe Correctional Complex (posted 04/07/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: First Positive COVID-19 Test for Incarcerated Individual within Washington State Correctional Facility (posted 04/05/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Issuance of N95 Respirators to Correctional Staff (posted 04/03/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Corrections launches Rapid Staff Hiring to fill immediate needs for correctional officers (posted 03/30/2020)
- Governor Proclamation 20-35: Department Of Corrections – Community Custody Violations (pdf) (posted 03/30/2020)
- A Stitch in Time Saves Lives (posted 03/30/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Incarcerated Patient at Snohomish County Medical Center Tests Positive for COVID-19 (posted 03/28/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Community Corrections Division reduces some supervision in response to COVID-19 (posted 03/24/2020)
- Governor Proclamation 20-28: Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act (pdf) (posted 03/24/2020)
- DOC working to assist in protective gown shortage (posted 03/21/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Department of Corrections negotiates free calls and reduced digital costs for incarcerated population (posted 03/20/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Third Confirmed Case of COVID-19 reported by Corrections Employee (posted 03/18/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: Second Department of Corrections Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19 (posted 03/14/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: First Department of Corrections Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19 (posted 03/13/2020)
- PRESS RELEASE: DOC Suspending Visitation, Limiting Other Events (posted 03/12/2020)
- Public Alerts & Notices
Department Employee Resources
COVID-19 Job Aids
- COVID-19 Releasing from Isolation to the Community Checklist (pdf) (posted 04/24/2020, updated 04/27/2020)
- Secondary Screening vs. Staff Mapping Job Aid (pdf) (posted 05/07/2020)
- WA State DOC COVID-19 Active Screening Questionnaire (pdf) (posted 03/30/2020, updated 05/08/2020)
- WA State DOC COVID-19 Mental Health/Psychiatry Response Guideline (pdf) (posted 04/24/2020)
- WA State DOC COVID-19 Mapping Guidelines (pdf) (posted 04/08/2020, updated 04/23/2020)
- WA State DOC COVID-19 PPE Matrix (pdf) (posted 04/10/2020, updated 04/27/2020)
- WA State DOC COVID-19 Screening, Testing, and Infection Control Guideline (pdf) (posted 03/25/2020, updated 05/15/2020)
All Staff Memos & Messages
Memos and messages are organized with newest/most recent messages at the top of the list.
May 2020
- First Line of Duty Death from COVID-19 (pdf) (posted 05/18/2020)
- Proper Use of Face Coverings and Masks (pdf) (posted 05/18/2020)
- Prison Population Reduction Efforts (pdf) (posted 05/15/2020)
- Governor’s Directive 20-05, Freezing Hiring, Personal Services Contracts and Equipment Purchases (pdf) (posted 05/13/2020)
- Employee Self-Service (ESS) is Being Replaced by MyPortal on May 16, 2020 (pdf) (posted 05/11/2020)
- Fraudulent Unemployment Claims (pdf) (posted 05/11/2020)
- Expanded Families First COVID-19 Leave and Leave Review Following Secondary Screening (pdf) (posted 05/07/2020)
- Honoring Correctional Educators during National Teacher Appreciation Week (pdf) (posted 05/07/2020)
- Final Phase of Rapid Reentry Program (pdf) (posted 05/06/2020)
- Nurses Month 2020: You Make a Difference (pdf) (posted 05/06/2020)
- National Correctional Officers and Employees Week (pdf) (posted 05/06/2020)
- Annual Agency Award Nominees (pdf) (posted 05/01/2020)
- Extension of Governor Inslee's Stay at Home Order (pdf) (posted 05/01/2020)
April 2020
- Establishment of Regional Care Facilities (pdf) (posted 04/30/2020)
- Annual In-Service – Online Training (pdf) (posted 04/28/2020)
- Mandatory LMS Training – Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (pdf) (posted 04/24/2020)
- Proper Use of PPE for COVID-19 Video (pdf) (posted 04/18/2020)
- Upcoming Transfer of Individuals Back to the Community (pdf) (posted 04/16/2020)
- Updated DOC COVID-19 PPE Matrix Memo (pdf) (posted 04/14/2020)
- Revised Return to Work Process Letter (pdf) (posted 04/14/2020)
- Employees at Higher Risk for Severe Illness (Proclamation) (pdf) (posted 04/14/2020)
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Resources (pdf) (posted 04/10/2020)
- Employees at Higher Risk for Severe Illness (pdf) (posted 04/10/2020)
- Mandatory Use of Face Coverings – All DOC Locations (pdf) (posted 04/10/2020)
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Resources (pdf) (posted 04/10/2020)
- COVID-19 Mapping Guidelines (pdf) (posted 04/08/2020)
- First Positive COVID-19 Test for Incarcerated Individual within Washington State Correctional Facility (pdf) (posted 04/05/2020)
- Voluntary N95 Respirator General Use (pdf) (posted 04/03/2020)
- Expansion of FMLA and Sick Leave Due to the Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) (pdf) (posted 04/02/2020)
- Updated Employee PPE Protocols for Patients on Isolation or Quarantine (pdf) (posted 04/01/2020)
March 2020
- Screening Follow Up (pdf) (posted 03/31/2020)
- Active Screening - Administrative Leave Approval (pdf) (posted 03/31/2020)
- Rapid Staff Hiring (pdf) (posted 03/30/2020)
- Employee PPE Protocols for Patients on Isolation or Quarantine (pdf) (posted 03/27/2020)
- EPA Approved COVID-19 Cleaning & Sanitizing Products (pdf) (posted 03/27/2020)
- Expanded List of Cancelled Instructor-Led Trainings (pdf) (posted 03/26/2020)
- Sustainability and Environmental Awards Postponement (pdf) (posted 03/26/2020)
- Annual Agency Awards Recipients & Corrections Pride (pdf) (posted 03/25/2020)
- DOC Policy 420.380 Drug/Alcohol Testing (pdf) (posted 03/24/2020)
- Governor Inslee's Stay Home Stay Healthy Proclamation (pdf) (posted 03/23/2020)
- Governor Inslee's Stay Home Stay Healthy Proclamation (pdf) (posted 03/23/2020)
- Secondary Screening Implementation (pdf) (posted 03/21/2020)
- Secretary Message: COVID-19 (video) (posted 03/21/2020)
- Information Technology (IT) Remote Access (pdf) (posted 03/20/2020)
- Screening Protocol and Use of Administrative Leave (pdf) (posted 03/18/2020)
- Expanded List of Cancelled Instructor-led Trainings (pdf) (posted 03/18/2020)
- All COVID-19 Resources (pdf) (posted 03/17/2020)
- Encouraging Telework for Eligible Employees (pdf) (posted 03/15/2020)
- UPDATED Enhanced Screening Process: DOC Response to COVID-19 (pdf) (posted 03/15/2020)
- 2nd DOC case, Enhanced Screening, Telework (pdf) (posted 03/15/2020)
- Department of Corrections Suspending Some Annual In-service Classes (pdf) (posted 03/13/2020)
Additional Resources
Additional resources for department staff regarding employee assistance, teleworking, leave, and wellness.
- COVID-19 Corrections Staff Frequently Asked Questions (pdf) (updated 04/07/2020)
- COVID-19 Cybersecurity Awareness (pdf) (posted 03/18/2020)
- COVID-19 Leave Usage Matrix (pdf)
- DOC 03-113 Families First Coronavirus Response Act Approval Request (pdf)
- Employee Assistance Program: Coping with Stress During an Infectious Disease Outbreak (pdf) (posted 03/23/2020)
- Employee Telework Guidance - Frequently Asked Questions (pdf) (posted 04/08/2020)
- Ergonomics: Comfortable seated posture at the computer (pdf)
- Ergonomics for Home Offices
- Ergonomics Telework Self-Assessment (pdf)
- NETEC: Personal Protective Equipment for COVID-19 (video)
- Washington State Educational School Districts Meals and Childcare Information (pdf) (posted 03/18/2020)
- World Health Organization: Coping with stress during the 2019-nCoV outbreak (pdf) (posted 03/23/2020)
Recommended Resources
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Centers for Disease Control: Get Your Home Ready
- COVID-19 Educational Materials
- Cumulative counts of COVID-19 cases by U.S. state over time
- Department of Health (DOH)
- Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases
- KING5: Washington State prisons take measures to keep coronavirus away
- TVW: Inside Olympia - Special Interview - Austin Jenkins interview with Secretary Sinclair
- Tracking the Coronavirus Contagion
- Washington State Coronavirus Response (COVID-19)
- Washington State COVID-19 Cases by County
- Washington State Local Health Departments and Districts
- World Health Organization (WHO)
