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The Council on American-Islamic Relations has shipped dates, a sweet, dried fruit used to break the fast at Ramadan, to 54 Florida prisons ahead of the holy month.
WMFE spoke with CAIR’s Hiba Rahim about the religious tradition behind the dates and why having them is a basic human right for inmates.
Read the full interview below.
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The Department of Health and Division of Emergency Management expect to offer enough doses within two weeks for every staff member and inmate who wants a shot.
Florida is starting to provide coronavirus vaccines to state prisoners.
The Department of Health and Division of Emergency Management expect to offer enough doses within two weeks for every staff member and inmate who wants a shot.
The pandemic has hit Florida prisons hard. They’ve had nearly 18,000 positive tests among inmates – which would amount to about 22 percent of the current prison population. And 213 inmates have died.
But getting prisoners vaccinated has not been a priority.