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Vaccinating Prisoners Against COVID-19 Should Be a Priority

Vaccinating Prisoners Against COVID-19 Should Be a Priority
Wendy Netter Epstein
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Inmate Christian Millett gets the first of two COVID-19 coronavirus shots by Alyssa Dobbs, an LPN contractor in the medical department at the Worcester County Jail and House of Corrections in West Boylston, MA on Jan 22, 2021. Officials have started administering COVID-19 vaccines in Massachusetts correctional facilities.
Watson Gray, at 73, survived cancer and strokes but suffered from diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.
When COVID-19 hit in 2020, Gray was an inmate at Dixon Correctional Center in Dixon, Illinois. He had no ability to isolate and limited access to protective equipment like masks. He contracted COVID-19 while incarcerated and died of it late last year, having not seen his family for over eight months. ....

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'The right thing to do': Worcester County Jail and House of Correction staff, inmates grateful to receive COVID-19 vaccine

The right thing to do : Worcester County Jail and House of Correction staff, inmates grateful to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Craig S. Semon, Telegram & Gazette
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WORCESTER - Derrick Pitt is the first inmate to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the Worcester County House of Correction Friday, January 22, 2021. Officer Dylan Forss watches through the window as Alyssa Dobbs, LPN; and Bianca Henault, LPN; administers the shot.
WEST BOYLSTON The Worcester County Jail and House of Correction had its first two inmates inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine.
Derrick Pitt of Middletown, Connecticut, and Christian Millett Sr. of Worcester, were both vaccinated Friday. Pitt received the first shot, followed by Millett. Both men took the shot in their left arm. ....

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Prison, jail inmates are starting to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Some are passing on the offer

Prison, jail inmates are starting to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Some are passing on the offer
Laura Crimaldi
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Inmate Christian Millett, of Worcester, gets ready for the first of two COVID-19 coronavirus shots Friday by nurse Alyssa Dobbs in the medical department at the Worcester County Jail and House of Corrections in West Boylston.
The state put 22,000 inmates and correctional workers near the front of the line for coronavirus vaccinations, but early figures show some inmates and correctional facility employees are forgoing a first dose.
In several county jails across the state, only a small sliver of inmates and workers eligible for a voluntary vaccination have acted on the opportunity, with some expressing trepidation about the vaccine. ....

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