Court Orders State To Vaccinate Older Inmate In Cuomo’s “Prison Nursing Home” arrow A worker prepare vaccines at Stony Brook University on January 18, 2021 Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) A New York State Judge has ordered the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to a 65-year-old incarcerated man with chronic lung disease. Criminal rights advocates now hope the decision will push the state to speed up vaccine access for vulnerable incarcerated people as outbreaks inside prisons continue to balloon. Edward Mackenzie, 65, who is currently incarcerated at Adirondack Correctional Facility -- dubbed Cuomo’s “prison nursing home” -- sued the state in mid-December, arguing if he catches COVID-19 his age and underlying health conditions make him at increased risk of severe consequences and death from the virus. He was seeking early release and had earlier told WNYC/Gothamist about the lack of access to regular health care at the facility, which is now the subject of a federal class action lawsuit.