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Credit Master Sgt. David Eichaker / Air National Guard So far during the pandemic, more than 62% of Michigan's 40,886 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19. 138 prisoners have died of the infection. It shouldn't have happened, says Tony Gant, President of the Jackson chapter of Nation Outside, an advocacy organization for Michigan inmates. "People in prisons and jails have largely been looked at as other than human," says Gant, who spent 20 years incarcerated himself.  "Otherwise, there would be no way we would allow these infection rates and deaths to occur." Gant and other advocates sa...

Credit Master Sgt. David Eichaker / Air National Guard COVID-19 vaccinations are moving slowly for the thousands of corrections officers and other staff in state prisons. Health care workers in prisons have first priority, but in some counties, those vaccinations have just started. The rest of prison staff, including corrections officers, are next in line for scarce vaccines. Chris Gautz is a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections. He says only about half of the prison employees who took a survey said they would definitely or probably get the vaccine. He hopes that will change. ...

4:02 Michigan Radio's Tracy Samilton speaks with three inmates about what it's been like living through a pandemic inside Michigan prisons. Michigan National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from various units conduct COVID-19 testing at the Chippewa Correctional Facility, Kincheloe, Michigan, May 7, 2020. The Michigan National Guard was asked to assist in the testing of more than 2300 prisoners. Credit Master Sgt. David Eichaker / Air National Guard The state’s prisons have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 50% of Michigan’s prison inmates have been infected by the virus. As inmate...