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Republican lawmakers move to block vaccines to state’s prisoners In the past year, COVID-19 has infected more than half of Wisconsin’s overall inmate population, and the infection rate in correctional facilities is five times higher than the state average. That’s according to a recent analysis from investigative outlet Wisconsin Watch.  Protesters and advocacy groups have spent months pushing Wisconsin’s lawmakers to address the crisis. Then, last month, the Department of Health Services announced that prisoners would be among the next groups to be vaccinated for COVID-19 starting March 1st. Earlier today, the state’s Republican-controlled Senate voted to shut down that plan.

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