May 8, 2020
COVID-19 TDCJ Update
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice regrets to inform you of the deaths of 2 offenders likely connected to the coronavirus.
62-year-old Marion Sayles died May 6, 2020 after being in the intensive care unit of Hospital Galveston for over two weeks. Sayles was taken to a local hospital from the Telford Unit in New Boston on April 15th, suffering from COVID-19 possible symptoms. He suffered from a number of preexisting conditions and did test positive for the virus. Sayles had served 8 years of a Life sentence out of Dallas County. Sayles’ family declined an autopsy, but the presumed cause of death is COVID-19 pneumonia.
Ramchand Jagaroo died May 3, 2020 at Northwest Texas Hospital he was 66 years old. Jagaroo suffered from a number of pre-existing medical conditions. He was transported from the Clements Unit to the hospital on April 26th suffering from possible COVID-19 symptoms. Jagaroo had served 16 years of a life sentence out of Harris County. The results of preliminary autopsy suggest COVID-19 as a contributing cause of death.
There are an additional 14 deaths that are under investigation and pending preliminary autopsy results.
In total there are 566 TDCJ employees, staff or contractors who have tested positive for COVID-19 and 1402 offenders who have tested positive. There are now 80 employees and 371 offenders who have medically recovered from COVID-19.
21,779 offenders are on medical restriction because they may have had contact with either an employee or offender with a positive or pending COVID-19 test.
PRECAUTIONARY LOCKDOWN 43,185 offenders impacted.
Baten, Beto, Boyd, Byrd, Clemens, Clements, Coffield, Darrington, Eastham, Ellis, Estelle, Fort Stockton, Garza West, Gist, Goree, Gurney, Hughes, Huntsville, Hutchins, Jester 1, Jester III, Jordan, Leblanc, Lychner, Lynaugh, Michael, Middleton, Murray, Ney, Pack, Robertson, Sanchez, Scott, Smith, Stiles, Stringfellow, Telford, Terrell, Woodman, Wynne
The precautionary lockdowns extend for 14 days from the date of a positive test. Those dates may be extended to the date of the most recent positive test
Helpful Links:
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) - News Updates COVID-19
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) - Texas Case Counts Map
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - World Map
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