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A Democratic state lawmaker criticized Pennsylvania’s vaccine rollout as muddled on Friday - saying other states are doing a much better job at distribution and communication - while unions representing police and prison guards expressed outrage at having been shoved farther back in line for COVID-19 shots.
A Democratic state lawmaker criticized Pennsylvania’s vaccine rollout as muddled on Friday saying other states are doing a much better job at distribution and communication while unions representing police and prison guards expressed outrage at having been shoved farther back in line for COVID-19 shots.
Across Pennsylvania and the U.S., the coronavirus is spreading rapidly through prisons and jails, where communal living is standard and social distancing is nearly impossible.
Medical contractor says managing prisoners’ health a challenge during Covid
Milford. PrimeCare Medical CEO Tom Weber says employees do their best to safeguard the health of prisoners at Pike County Correctional and other facilities its serves, but cannot control the number of prisoners, which makes social distancing a challenge. Pennsylvania Prison Society’s social services director praises cleanliness at the Pike jail. Pike County Correctional Facility (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris)
Amanda Lee, who said she works at the Pike County Correctional Facility, reached out to the Courier to say assertions made in the article by the relative of an inmate were false, particularly with regard to Covid safety and care. Lee suggested that we follow up with health services administrator Nicole Rattiner. But Rattiner said her role wasn’t clinical. She said she would read the article and get back to the paper, but has not done so.