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Jails and prisons were hit hard in the pandemic and experts say they need to be prioritized for the vaccines CNN 1/11/2021 By Christina Maxouris, CNN © Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be administered to front-line health care workers under an emergency use authorization at a drive up vaccination site from Renown Health in Reno, Nevada on December 17, 2020. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T...

Jails and prisons were hit hard by Covid-19 and experts say they need to be prioritized for the vaccines Yesenia Lara spoke to her uncle on the phone nearly every day until May 1. Raul Rodriguez, 61, who was in a Texas county jail after a DUI conviction, had struggled with alcoholism but was a loving man who was “outgoing, always laughing,” she said. He told her there were about 15 to 20 other inmates in his cell and that they cut up shirts to use as face masks. He mentioned his throat hurt...