Department of Corrections approves $500 bonuses for vaccinated prison workers, active cases drop gazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Colorado prison administrators are willing to shell out more than $3 million to overcome vaccine reluctance among prison workers, calling it a small price to pay to avert ongoing impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an effort to lift inoculation rates, the state Department of Corrections told its 6,200 prison employees in late March they were each eligible to receive a one-time payment of $500 for proof they’ve been vaccinated.
In a memo announcing the incentive, DOC Executive Director Dean Williams cited March 25 data showing that only 38% of prison system staff had reported receiving both doses of the vaccine, despite having access to it for several months. The poor buy-in could prolong health risks and imperil efforts to safely scale back restrictions, according to the memo, obtained by The Gazette.
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Michelle Hanson, from Colorado, has filed a federal lawsuit, accusing sheriff s deputies of leaving her 11-year-old son with autism handcuffed and alone for hours in a patrol car.