comparemela.com

Latest Breaking News On - Inmate christian millett - Page 1 : comparemela.com

Vaccinating Prisoners Against COVID-19 Should Be a Priority

Vaccinating Prisoners Against COVID-19 Should Be a Priority Wendy Netter Epstein © (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Inmate Christian Millett gets the first of two COVID-19 coronavirus shots by Alyssa Dobbs, an LPN contractor in the medical department at the Worcester County Jail and House of Corrections in West Boylston, MA on Jan 22, 2021. Officials have started administering COVID-19 vaccines in Massachusetts correctional facilities. Watson Gray, at 73, survived cancer and strokes but suffered from diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, Gray was an inmate at Dixon Correctional Center in Dixon, Illinois. He had no ability to isolate and limited access to protective equipment like masks. He contracted COVID-19 while incarcerated and died of it late last year, having not seen his family for over eight months.

Prison, jail inmates are starting to receive COVID-19 vaccines Some are passing on the offer

Prison, jail inmates are starting to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Some are passing on the offer Laura Crimaldi © David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Inmate Christian Millett, of Worcester, gets ready for the first of two COVID-19 coronavirus shots Friday by nurse Alyssa Dobbs in the medical department at the Worcester County Jail and House of Corrections in West Boylston. The state put 22,000 inmates and correctional workers near the front of the line for coronavirus vaccinations, but early figures show some inmates and correctional facility employees are forgoing a first dose. In several county jails across the state, only a small sliver of inmates and workers eligible for a voluntary vaccination have acted on the opportunity, with some expressing trepidation about the vaccine.

© 2025 Vimarsana

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.