100 doses of COVID-19 vaccine headed to Willacy County State Jail
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Texas had more COVID-19 deaths in prisons and jails than any other state, according to a report from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
Since the pandemic started, at least 231 inmates and employees died from COVID-19, according to a report published in November. The total included 27 employees, 14 people who died in jails and 190 people who died in prisons.
"The risk is to that person that's in jail, to everybody on the staff," said attorney Abner Burnett.