Monthly Yearly In confirmation hearing, nominated DOC chief says prison staff and oldest inmates will get COVID vaccines in February Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org Angel Quiros poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Cheshire Correctional Institution. “To me, the most important is housing and employment after the release,” he said about how he will lower the recidivism rate. “If you don’t have those two, the chance of the individual succeeding is going to be low.” During what could end up being a pro-forma hearing on his path to being confirmed as the state’s next commissioner of the Department of Correction, Angel Quiros on Thursday announced that Department of Correction staff and the 27 incarcerated individuals who are age 75 or older will begin getting the COVID-19 vaccination on Feb. 1.