Department of Corrections Faces Legal Challenges as Employees Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
Department of Corrections Faces Legal Challenges as Employees Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Inmates claiming inadequate protection from COVID-19 receive favorable judgement in on-going case against DOC, as staff receives first vaccines As of Jan. 10, statewide 27 adults in custody incarcerated by the Department of Corrections have died after testing positive for COVID-19, according to the DOC's Response to the Novel Coronavirus in Oregon website. There are 604 active cases among AICs statewide—including 25 at the Deer Ridge Correctional Institute in Madras. Cases among DOC staff are s...