Vaccination refusal rate among prisoners holds steady amid differing views
Syringes of COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for injection at Central Vermont Medical Center on Dec. 16, 2020.
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Steve Kinney, an imprisoned Vermont, took the COVID-19 vaccination shot and said he felt fine after.
Zachary Butts, who is also incarcerated, has not taken the shot, citing a distrust of the corrections system and a desire for more information, according to his fiancee Heather Bailey.
The two men are among more than 1,200 Vermont incarcerated individuals who have been offered the vaccine across the state’s correctional system, which is currently reporting a refusal rate of 34% (810 people who have gotten the shot; 421 have declined).
For Jasmine Klein, life in Vermont's prisons has been a punishment beyond her sentence. Last November, Klein, a transgender woman, was transferred to Chittenden Regional.
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I m no hero. I imagine anyone who was in my shoes would have done the same. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 8:17 PM EDT April 15, 2021
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn An East Tennessee corrections officer is being called a hero after he jumped into action to save a mother and her two young girls trapped inside a burning vehicle near Johnson City.
The Tennessee Department of Corrections said officer Leon Odom from the Northeast Correctional Complex put his training and life on the line to save the family from grave danger Friday night.
TDOC said it happened after Odom watched a vehicle swerve across the highway and hit two trees before it burst into flames.