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Fewer than 20% of inmates at Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn have been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the jail administrator.
Maj. Jeffrey Chute said Friday that 26 members of the total jail population of 150 had been inoculated.
In Franklin County, where the detention center holds up to 39 inmates, roughly 70% of them had refused the vaccine as of Thursday, according to Jail Administrator Maj. Douglas Blauvelt.
Oxford County Jail inmates are only held up to 72 hours before being bailed or transferred to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
Oxford County Jail Administrator Dana Dillingham said none of the short-term inmates in South Paris are vaccinated on site.