Coastal State Prison leads on vaccines in Georgia with inmates, staff savannahnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from savannahnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Georgia s correctional facilities have been hit hard by Covid-19, with 3,260 recorded infections among incarcerated people and 93 dead, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
Savannah s Coastal State Prison on Gulfstream Road has seen eight inmates die from COVID, the second highest tally for a Georgia state prison.
Despite these grim figures, only 700 of Georgia s nearly 46,000 inmates had been vaccinated as of Wednesday. That s about 1.5% compared to the 21.2% of Georgians overall who have received at least one dose.
Even some of the oldest inmates who are most at risk have had difficulty accessing vaccines, said Conyers-based corrections advocate Susan Burns, who started a private Facebook group for those with a loved one in Georgia prison called They Have No Voice after her son was incarcerated. One member recently told her about her elderly father who requested a vaccine two months ago, but still had difficulty getting it when vaccinations finally di