Rockland/Westchester Journal News
New York is beginning to vaccinate medically frail and some older inmates for coronavirus, amid dismay from advocates over the dearth of vaccine distribution in prisons as COVID-19 cases there rise.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday the vaccine will be given to people in the prison system who are 65 and older, as well as those who are considered medically frail. We are vaccinating people in prisons on the same basis that we re vaccinating people in the general public, Cuomo said.
There are 1,075 people who are in the prison system who are 65 and older, according to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, the state agency that oversees the prison system.