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Next Up For The Vaccine In Massachusetts: Corrections Staff And Prisoners
North Central Correctional Institution in Gardner, Massachusetts.
Meredith Nierman / WGBH News
Next Up For Vaccine
Staff and inmates inside county jails and state prisons are among the next group of people in line for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Massachusetts is one of just eight states making the vaccine available to prisoners during the first phase of vaccinations, according to the Prison Policy Initiative.
COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group Chairman, Dr. Paul Biddinger, said that decision was driven by data.
People living and working in places like nursing homes and prisons where social distancing is difficult often have pre-existing conditions that make them more susceptible to the virus, he said.