Alabama offering $5 incentive for inmates to get shots
State prisons are offering $5 canteen credits for inmates to get a COVID shot.
Posted: Jul 24, 2021 12:36 AM
Posted By: Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) With Alabama trailing the nation in COVID-19 vaccinations, infections rising and the governor refusing incentives to encourage more people to get shots, state prisons are offering $5 canteen credits to inmates to encourage more inoculations.
The Department of Corrections, which said less than half of its more than 24,000 inmates have been vaccinated, is offering the canteen “grab bag” to inmates who get vaccinations and those who’ve already received shots, spokeswoman Kristi Simpson said.
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