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Michigan National Guard tests prison inmates, staff
October 7, 2020
Private 1st. Class Silvester Hughes, assigned to the 156th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, labels a COVID-19 sample during a testing event Sept. 23, 2020, at Ionia, Mich. The Michigan Army and Air National Guard have established an extensive COVID testing program for prisons across the state.

SCNG medical technicians support COVID-19 response
June 11, 2020
U.S. National Guard Soldiers and an Airman assigned to a Joint Medical Team, South Carolina National Guard, provided COVID-19 support to staff and inmates at Allendale Correctional Institution during most of May 2020. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jennifer Wagner, an aerospace medical technician from the 169th Medical Group at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, is in the left in the front row.

Michigan Guard helps test at long-term care homes, prisons
May 13, 2020
Michigan National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from various units conduct COVID-19 testing at the D. J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans, Marquette, Michigan, May 7, 2020. The Michigan National Guard is also testing inmates and employees at correctional facilities in the Upper Peninsula.

Indiana National Guard helps medical workers at state prisons
May 8, 2020
Indiana National Guard medics with 2-151 Infantry headquarters company assist medical professionals at Pendleton Correctional Facility April 30, 2020. The medics conduct sick call operations, perform blood draws, and dispense medicine as prescribed by Indiana Department of Corrections doctors and nurses while maintaining social distancing standards.