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19/03/2021.
California jail, prison inmates now eligible for coronavirus vaccine
Inmates in California jails and prisons — regardless of age or health — will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine under updated guidelines released this week by the state Department of Public Health. — Daily breeze
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01/03/2021.
Reuters investigation: lamentable medical care in jails and prisons exposed during pandemic
As this disease swept around the globe, the focus was on identifying and protecting “vulnerable populations”, including those in jails and prisons. COVID put the national spotlight on these populations and the need to prevent needless deaths in facilities where adequate health care is lacking in the best of times. — Prison legal news
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04/03/2021.
Education in prison: remote learning during Covid-19 has failed students
“Even before COVID, young people who were incarcerated had a number of educational challenges,” Nina Salomon, the program director at the Council of State Governments Justice Center, tells Teen Vogue. “These students often come into the system already behind educationally, and then they fall further behind because they don’t have access to rigorous curriculum or support while in custody.” — Teen Vogue
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22/02/2021.
Only 35% of NC prison staff willing to take vaccine
The remaining employees, about 65 percent of detention staff, don’t want the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination is currently optional for correctional staff. — North Carolina health news
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17/02/2021.
Lawsuit on Covid prison releases shows many DOC workers refusing vaccine
A year into the pandemic, the legal wrangling continues over releasing Massachusetts prisoners to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus behind bars. Though the state has started vaccinating prisoners and correctional staff, the numbers show that many are refusing the vaccine and advocates say more needs to be done to stem the spread of the virus now. — Wbur news
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15/02/2021.
Associated Press finds federal executions were likely Covid superspreader events
In the ten days after the December 10, 2020 execution of Brandon Bernard, 70% of prisoners on federal death row and hundreds of others incarcerated in the Terre Haute Correctional Complex where the executions took place tested positive for COVID-19. — Death penalty information center
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10/02/2021.
State officials expect 45% of Oregon prison staff to refuse a Covid-19 vaccine
Oregon Department of Corrections staff are responsible for all but one Covid-19 outbreak in state prisons, according to the department’s infectious disease doctor. Why won’t corrections officers wear masks? “I don’t know: COVID rebellion, confusion, politicization, orneriness.” — Willamette Week
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10/02/2021.
In Connecticut’s state prison system, vaccinations begin
After much debate, the Connecticut Department of Correction staff issued the first wave of vaccinations for eligible groups of staff and inmates on Feb. 1. — Yale daily news
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05/02/2021.
Of Louisiana state prison inmates now eligible for Covid vaccine, 85% have opted in
Since Louisiana prisoners over 70 became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, about 85% of them have accepted the offer, leaving corrections officials optimistic that large swaths of the state prison population will follow suit. — The Advocate
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04/02/2021.
New York under fire for vaccinating prison staff, not inmates
People in the corrections system have been eligible to get the Covid-19 vaccine for the past month — so long as they are personnel. — Courthouse News Service
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03/02/2021.
Massachusetts inmates can get prison time reduced if they get the COVID vaccine
The state Department of Corrections offered extra “earned good time” to prisoners who receive both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine being offered in state prisons, Commissioner Carol A. Mici wrote in a Jan. 28 memo. — Mass live
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21/01/2021.
Covid-19 : conditions for workers and prisoners are “terrifying”, says nurse at Tampa Bay prison
A part of him hopes that things will change; that he’ll walk into his nursing unit and he’ll get the news that COVID-19 vaccines are on the way or that he will have access to proper sanitary supplies and hot running water will flow from the broken faucet in the treatment room. But on every shift it’s the same thing: unsanitary conditions and health risks for himself, the inmates and everyone who works there. — Creative Loafing
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21/01/2021.
Covid-19 : on surviving —and leaving— prison during a pandemic
Across the country, what prisons have done right—and very wrong—to control the pandemic could point the way to a more just justice system. One that’s better for inmates like Triplett, who watched the news, wondering how long it would take COVID-19 to reach inside La Vista’s walls. — Popular Science
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21/01/2021.
Covid-19 : North Carolina prisons give COVID-19 vaccine to inmates and staff
“Science has thrown us a lifeline”. The vaccinations will be offered to prison healthcare workers, staff working in COVID-positive housing units, those who work with infected inmates, and inmates age 75 or older. The next in line will be inmates aged 65 and older based on availability. — CBSNews
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13/01/2021.
N.J. prison with worst COVID-19 outbreak in the country set to get vaccine next week
The news of the vaccine comes as the Burlington County facility continues to endure the worst coronavirus prison outbreak in the country. In total, more than half of the inmates at the facility have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began. — Nj
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08/01/2021.
New York’s prison transfers increased Covid-19 risk for sick, elderly men
A new lawsuit accuses state officials of “deliberate indifference” for prison transfers that defy public health recommendations. — The Intercept