Covid Outbreaks Devastated Prisons, but State Inmatesâ Access to the Vaccine Varies Widely A state-by-state patchwork of vaccine rules has left prison inmates with different outlooks even as the C.D.C. has recommended prioritizing them. The Lansing Correctional Facility in Lansing, Kan. Officials are offering inmates shots in state facilities in Kansas.Credit...Charlie Riedel/Associated Press March 17, 2021 Nearly half of the roughly 8,700 state prison inmates in Kansas have received a coronavirus vaccine, and state officials say that all prisoners who want shots will have gotten at least a first dose by the middle of April. But in Florida, no inmates in state-run correctional institutions have gotten shots, corrections officials said, not even those who would qualify under the stateâs age and health guidelines if they were not behind bars.