2 inmates at Oshkosh prison test positive for COVID-19

Three tests are pending for inmates at the Oshkosh Correction Institution.

By Joseph Schulz

Two inmates at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution have been confirmed to have COVID-19, according to the Department of Corrections website.  

As of Monday, there have been no confirmed cases among staff at OCI and there have been a total of nine completed tests in the facility, the website said.

Four tests have come back negative and three tests are pending, the website showed.  

OCI has isolated the two inmates confirmed to have the virus and is working to test those they’ve been in close contact with, according to state Rep. Michael Schraa, a Republican who represent the 53rd District and chairs the Assembly’s Committee on Corrections.  

COVID-19 has showed up at seven of the state's adult prisons. The only other one where inmates have tested positive is Columbia Correctional Institution, where there have also been two positive tests.

Staff members have tested positive at Columbia, Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility and Waupun Correctional Institution.