Outbreaks at prisons, jails and other correctional facilities across Colorado account for one in every 24 cases of COVID-19 in the state, according to a recent study by the Colorado Health Institute. The study comes as inmates remain excluded from the state’s priority list for vaccines, despite federal guidance and other states that prioritizes prisoners the same as others living in shared and congregate housing. Inmates who are older and have underlying health conditions that may put them at higher risk for the virus can receive vaccines at the same time as the general public, though right now, only prisoners who are 70 years or older are eligible.