Why do people keep mysteriously dying after entering Dauphin County Prison? | Opinion
Updated Apr 09, 2021;
Something is wrong at Dauphin County Prison.
A 19-year-old shouldn’t just die after losing consciousness in his cell. It’s time we listen carefully to the protesters who faithfully have been marching for months and will be out there again at 10 a.m. Saturday, trying to tell the community something is wrong at Dauphin County Prison.
Dauphin County Coroner Graham Hetrick couldn’t provide a reason for Kejuan Cooke’s death this week, and is awaiting test results. Officials say Cooke’s cellmate summoned help Tuesday after noticing he was unresponsive in his jail cell. He was pronounced dead Wednesday at a local hospital. There were no obvious signs of trauma, but Hetrick said the young man had medical issues.
‘A turning point’: Thousands in Pa. prisons will be offered COVID-19 vaccine
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The Department of Corrections will distribute Johnson & Johnson s single dose, coronavirus vaccine to thousands of inmates and correctional officers.
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By Joseph Darius Jaafari of Spotlight PA
HARRISBURG All people who live and work inside Pennsylvania’s prisons will soon be offered the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, ending a long wait exacerbated by a lack of transparency about coronavirus infections.
At least 11 of the state’s 23 prisons have already started to receive the vaccine, with thousands of inmates and corrections staff expected to be offered a shot in coming weeks, according to corrections officials and incarcerated people.
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All people who live and work inside Pennsylvania’s prisons will soon be offered the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, ending a long wait exacerbated by a lack of transparency about coronavirus infections.
At least 11 of the state’s 23 prisons have started to receive the vaccine, with thousands of inmates and corrections staff expected to be offered a shot in coming weeks, according to corrections officials and incarcerated people.
That’s a significant expansion of availability. In February, only three prisons designated as medical facilities SCI-Laurel Highlands, Muncy, and Waymart were offered the Moderna vaccine.
Now, all 39,000 prisoners and 16,000 workers will be offered the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, said Maria Bivens, spokesperson for the Department of Corrections. The department ordered the doses last week, she said, and prisons started administering them Monday, though the timeline to complete the rollout is unclear.
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