As virus spreads, prisoners worry they're not being considered in vaccine distribution plans Posted at 10:48 AM, Dec 31, 2020 and last updated 2020-12-31 13:48:38-05 As thousands of Americans get the COVID-19 vaccine, prisoners are worried they are being overlooked, even though they live in environments prone to large outbreaks. âI mean Iâm sure everyone in here is worried about it,â said David Hurt, a 54-year-old inmate at the Mountain View Correctional Institute in North Carolina. Hurt has three months left in his 22-year sentence before he can return to his wife and child, but as an immunocompromised man, he worries any contact with COVID-19 could be life-threatening.