Dec. 19, 2020

Timeline of Coronavirus @ OSCI

by Tony Justich (author's profile)

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(4 triangles) TIMELINE OF CORONAVIRUS @ OSCI (4 triangles)
[Updated as of 12/4/20]
Format: [code][date][event]

Codes:
D - Date estimated, Confirmed event
(check mark) - Confirmed date & event
? - Rumor
ID Abbreviations:
KC - Kevin Carr, DOC Secretary
MF - Makda Fessahaye, DAI Administrator
CJ - Cathy Jess, OSCI Warden
ET - Emil Toney, OSCI Security Director

(3 triangles) Start of Timeline for OSCI (3 triangles)
(3 triangles) Coronavirus Pandemic, circa 2020 (3 triangles)

D 3/10 X-Bldg on lockdown, suspected cases; inmates begin being quarantined in Seg
(check mark) 3/13 Memo of KC - claims no cases in DOC; non staff visits, religious services, volunteer
programs suspended, day rooms
(check mark) 3/16 Two free calls/wk
(check mark) 3/19 Memo of MF - Informing of free calls
D 3/21 Puppy Parole: Majority of dogs from the Dog Program removed from the institution
? 3/21 Est. 2 dogs left in institution(rumored they're left due to health reasons)
D 3/29 X-Bldg off lockdown
(check mark) 4/01 Barbershop closed
(check mark) 4/02 No handball or basketball
(check mark) 4/06 Modified library schedule (5 period/wk: 4 hr 15 mins total) posted
(check mark) 4/06 Confirmed cases: 2; W-Bldg on lockdown
(check mark) 4/08 Memo of CJ - Announced 2 Confirmed Cases; Rec yard limited to one unit at a time for 1
or 2 times a day, No Rec boxes, 2 to a table; Med pass slowed; Meals limited to 2 per table &
wiped after each use; Social workers by request only; Day rooms limited movement;
D 4/08 Unit workers receive cloth masks
(check mark) 4/10 Memo of ET - Announcing non contact par searches
(check mark) 4/14 Mass movement clearing out the bottom tier of a wing of R-Bldg for additional
segregation (quarantine)
(check mark) 4/15 Memo of MF about facemasks; Handout of 4 paper facemasks to gen pop (20 days worth
according to the memo)
(check mark) 4/16 Cases: 8 confirmed, 1 pending, 12 neg (from CBS News, never announced by DOC to
gen pop)
D 4/17 Handout of 1st cloth facemask to gen pop
(check mark) 4/18 Shortage of hand soap on some housing units
(check mark) 4/20 Handout of 2nd cloth facemask; 1st stamped envelope

(check mark) 4/23 Memo of MF - Waiving PRC requirements by geriatric/medical release (only posted at
Library, never announced)
(check mark) 4/25 Another shortage of hand soup on some housing units
? 4/26 Bad Dog Revocation: Dogs (Est 3) now in inst. returned based on 'behavioral problems'
(check mark) 4/27 Kiosk deposit of .50(cent sign) werkly starts
(check mark) 5/05 Our '20 days' of disposable masks expires; no replacements offered; cloth masks can
only be exchanged on Fridays
D 5/15 Some school (TABE tesitng, Horticulture, Building Maintenance & Construction) resumes
(check mark) 5/28 Memo of CJ informing us of mandatory testing by the National Guard for all inmates &
staff for week of 5/30; also requires mandatory mask use starting May 31
(check mark) 5/31 Inmates and staff req'd to wear masks; still sporadic among staff
(check mark) 6/01 Mandatory mask wearing cancelled as testing gets rescheduled for the week of 6/7
(check mark) 6/03 Inter institution transfers resume. Dodge bus full of inmates arrived today around 9am
and appx 15 guys were dropped off here. All were temperature checked upon arrival by a nurse.
(check mark) 6/07 Mandatory mask wearing begins again
(check mark) 6/09 Nat'l Guard starts testing
(check mark) 6/10 KC issues memoabout death of George Floyd and that DOC condemns excessive force
and failure to intervene to protect ppl.
(check mark) 6/11 Nat'l Guard done testing; First results come back: 1 positive case on Middle unit
(D-Bldg_, Entire unit quarantined and infected individual was removed to a different Unit
(possibly Seg, R-Bldg or HSU but unknown right now)
? 6/12 Testing results of 1200 back: 1 positive, 200+ recovered
(check mark) 6/12 Kiosks/Wi-Fi goes out this afternoon
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