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UMATILLA COUNTY â Umatilla Countyâs two state prisons finished the first step of immunizing all adults in custody against COVID-19 this week by successfully offering the first doses to all inmates, according to spokespersons from the two prisons.
Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla finished offering first doses to all adults in custody at the prison on Wednesday, March 3, according to a TRCI spokesperson, which capped off initial vaccine efforts at the countyâs two prisons.
In all, 1,263 inmates at TRCI were vaccinated of the 1,726 offered a shot. The prison held two large clinics and three smaller ones to vaccinate its inmates.
East Oregonian on Monday, March 1.
Prison officials offered vaccines to 1,618 adults in custody during three clinics since vaccine efforts began at EOCI in February. In all, 1,081 inmates have been vaccinated, for an acceptance rate of approximately 67%.
The prison has also given 155 inmates a second dose, the spokesperson said.
The vaccinations come after a federal judge ordered the state in February to begin offering the vaccine to all adults in Oregon prisons as infection spread rapidly through the stateâs prison system in December 2020 and January. The order came during a larger case where a group of inmates criticized the state for its response to COVID-19 outbreaks in state prisons.
UMATILLA COUNTY — Vaccine efforts at Umatilla County prisons were halted this week as inclement weather forced the state to delay upcoming shipments, according to spokespersons from Two Rivers Correctional
Nearing his two-year anniversary as president, Dennis Bailey-Fougnier resigned from the top job at Blue Mountain Community College on Thursday, Feb. 11.
The BMCC Board of Education formally accepted his resignation at a special meeting, where they also named John Fields, the collegeâs vice president of instruction, as the schoolâs acting president.
In a Friday, Feb. 12, press release, the college stated that Bailey-Fougnier was diagnosed with cancer late last year, and although he initially decided to work through his treatment, he was now turning his attention toward his health.
âBMCC is a fantastic institution with a strong future ahead. I regret that I will not be able to be a part of that future but I have decided I need to focus on my health,â Bailey-Fougnier said in a statement. âI am grateful to everyone who contributes to the success of BMCC.â