Almost half of Iowa’s prison employees have refused COVID-19 vaccine, despite deaths Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch Reynolds says she 'will make no apologies' for handling of COVID-19 testing strike teams Replay Video UP NEXT Almost half of Iowa’s prison workers are refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections. Department of Corrections Director Beth Skinner told the Board of Corrections earlier this month that as of Jan. 8, only 52% of the department’s prison staff had agreed to receive the vaccine, despite attempts to e...