‘A turning point’: Thousands in Pa. prisons will be offered COVID-19 vaccine
Updated 10:01 AM;
Today 10:01 AM
The Department of Corrections will distribute Johnson & Johnson's single dose, coronavirus vaccine to thousands of inmates and correctional officers.
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By Joseph Darius Jaafari of Spotlight PA
HARRISBURG — All people who live and work inside Pennsylvania’s prisons will soon be offered the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, ending a long wait exacerbated by a lack of transparency about coronavirus infections.
At least 11 of the state’s 23 prisons have already started to receive the vaccine, with thousands of inmates and corrections staff expected to be offered a shot in coming weeks, according to corrections officials and incarcerated people.