Updated December 13, 2020 4:49 p.m. EST
By Ali Ingersoll, WRAL investigative data reporter
North Carolina is one of a handful of states prioritizing people in prisons to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In the state s vaccination plan, those incarcerated will receive the vaccine either in phases 1B or 2, depending on their age and if they have underlying health conditions. That s because they re at a much higher risk of contracting the virus.
More than one in every ten people in North Carolina state prisons has tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. That s significantly higher than the state s average, which is around 4 percent.
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