NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York must immediately begin offering COVID vaccinations to all incarcerated people in the state’s prisons and jails, a state judge ruled Monday.
More than 1,000 inmates have tested positive for the virus in recent weeks, and five have died.
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People in other close-contact settings, like group homes and homeless shelters, have been included in the vaccine rollout.
The judge said leaving inmates out was “unfair and unjust.”
source https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/03/30/ny-ordered-to-vaccinate-inmates/
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