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» A national commission on COVID-19 is calling for prison inmates and guards to be prioritized in the vaccine rollout A national commission on COVID-19 is calling for prison inmates and guards to be prioritized in the vaccine rollout Sarah Al-ArshaniDec 17, 2020, 07:27 IST In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, general population inmates walk in a line at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif.AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File The National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice has called for prison guards and inmates to be among the first to be vaccinated. The commission recommended th...

In a report published on Monday, the commission, whose goal is to develop strategies to address the way COVID-19 has impacted the criminal justice system and includes panelists like former US Attorneys General Loretta Lynch and Albert Gonzales said prisoners correctional staff be vaccinated next, after healthcare workers. The commission also called for more prisoners to be released during the pandemic as cases in prisons soar. They found the high density of people in jails and prisons and lack of preparedness to handle the pandemic led to a failure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in those a...

In a report published on Monday, the commission, whose goal is to develop strategies to address the way COVID-19 has impacted the criminal justice system and includes panelists like former US Attorneys General Loretta Lynch and Albert Gonzales said prisoners correctional staff be vaccinated next, after healthcare workers.  The commission also called for more prisoners to be released during the pandemic as cases in prisons soar. They found the high density of people in jails and prisons and lack of preparedness to handle the pandemic led to a failure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in those...

Posted: Dec 16, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 16, 2020 The initial scarcity of the COVID-19 vaccine has prompted concerns that those with wealth, power and celebrity may be able to use their position to cut in line to get a dose. But the tight controls placed on the initial rollout could make that challenging, say some experts.(Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/The Associated Press) With vaccinations against the coronavirus now underway, at least one prominent individual has said he won't jump the queue to procure a dose for himself — the CEO of Pfizer, the giant pharmace...

December 15, 2020 Despite medical community guidance that prisons should be in Phase 1 of vaccinations, many states are pushing inmates to the back of the line. SHOW TRANSCRIPT While health care workers and nursing home residents are universally first in line for COVID vaccinations, plans for inmates in America's prisons and jails vary from one extreme to the other. "There's no way that prisoners are going to get it before members of the vulnerable population," Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said during a press conference.  "I think congregate care settings where individuals are closely together...