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Correctional staff in Hampden, Worcester counties are getting vaccinated at rates higher than the state, but vaccine myths persist
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
More than 60% of Hampden and Worcester counties’ correctional staff have agreed to in-house COVID-19 vaccinations, a rate about 10% higher than Department of Correction employees statewide. It’s a trend that’s helped multiple facilities slowly return to normal operations, including increased visitations and educational programming for inmates.
Prisoners and correctional officers in Massachusetts were among those included in the first phase of the state’s vaccination rollout.
But local officials say they’re still striving to stamp out vaccination myths and misinformation among correctional officers and inmates, even though the virus has infected more than 2,700 Massachusetts prison and jail workers and left 22 inmates dead. Nationwide, distrust in prison administration and the handling of the pandemic pr ....

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