The Texas Juvenile Justice Department provided the following updates Thursday related to COVID-19:
• 1 staff member and 1 Youth Development Coach at the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex, in Brownwood, tested positive for COVID-19 today. The Youth Development Coach has not been on campus since July 27.
• The Gainesville State School has no active COVID-19 cases. The last positive case was a member of the education staff on July 23.
Since the start of the pandemic, 165 staff members at the agency’s secure facilities have tested positive for COVID-19:
Evins Regional Juvenile Center: 55
Gainesville State School: 9
Giddings State School: 40
McLennan County State Juvenile Correctional Facility: 21
Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex: 40
Since the start of the pandemic, 189 youth at the agency’s secure facilities have tested positive for COVID-19:
Evins Regional Juvenile Center: 30
Gainesville State School: 13
Giddings State School: 82
McLennan County State Juvenile Correctional Facility:
41 Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex: 23
For more information about the agency’s response to COVID-19, please visit the TJJD website.