Just over 50% of prison staffers in Colorado have been vaccinated, a Department of Corrections official said this week, despite months of eligibility and a $500 incentive to get inoculated.
Correctional workers were among the first Coloradans to be eligible for the vaccine; they were given the green light as part of the second wave, alongside lower-risk health care workers, those 70 years of age and older, and first responders.
But as of early April, fewer than 50% had chosen to be vaccinated, which prompted the department to offer the incentive.
After the bonus was offered more than a month ago, 423 staff members “expressed interest in getting the vaccine (who) had previously not signed up,” said Annie Skinner, spokeswoman for the Corrections Department.
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