N.C. Claims Fewer Prisoners Died of COVID Than Documents Show
In the final hours of August 2, Billy Bingham lay alone in his cell, silent except for the sounds of his short, shallow breaths. Thirty-four minutes after midnight, he was dead. Paramedics arrived at the Albemarle Correctional Institute, a state prison in central North Carolina, too late to take him to the hospital, and instead called the time of death and left. A prison official called his uncle, who would wake up to a voicemail sharing the news.
Binghamâs story is not unique. A
North Carolina Health News investigation in partnership with
Prisoners in Massachusetts have a special incentive to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
If they receive both doses, watch and read educational materials and submit a form for approval, they could shorten their sentence, the Department of Corrections said in a memo.
The incentive is made possible by a Massachusetts law, which states that prisoners are “eligible to earn deductions from sentences and completion credits, collectively known as good conduct deductions, for participation in and completion of programs and activities” outlined in the law.
That’s what Department of Correction Commissioner Carol A. Mici described as “earned good time” (EGT) in a January 28 memo addressed to inmates/patients.
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Feb 04, 2021 08:48 PM EST
Massachusetts prisoners had a special chance to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Department of Corrections (DOC) said in a memo that if they receive all doses, watch and read instructional materials and send a form for acceptance, they could shorten their sentences.
Massachusetts prisoners could shorten their sentence
(Photo : Scott Olson/Getty Images) CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 09: A sign pleading for help hangs in a window at the Cook County jail complex on April 09, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. With nearly 400 cases of COVID-19 having been diagnosed among the inmates and employees, the jail is nation’s largest-known source of coronavirus infections.
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