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Thailand's prisons have a COVID problem it doesn't want to talk about


Thailand’s prisons have a COVID problem it doesn’t want to talk about
Coconuts
2 hrs ago
Chayanit Itthipongmaetee
Activists dressed as prison inmates walk on a Bangkok skywalk to protest the Thai justice system. Photo: United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration / Facebook
The COVID-19 infections of high-profile political activists behind bars is calling attention to what’s feared to be a brewing crisis in Thailand’s sizable prison population.
Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul today became the eighth activist known to have contracted the disease while jailed. With access to all prisons shut down in response to an outbreak, the official silence about what’s going on is fueling fears of a major health threat to the incarcerated. ....

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Some inmates, prison staffers wary of vaccine


Some inmates, prison staffers wary of vaccine
By: Keaton Ross
Oklahoma Watch
January 12, 2021
A health care worker fills a syringe with the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
Oklahoma inmates are experiencing their own version of pandemic fatigue.
The Corrections Department has limited inmate movement and enforced a mask mandate for staff members and prisoners since April. A systemwide lockdown prompted by gang fights at the three male prisons in late November has added an additional layer of restrictions over the past several weeks.
A successful COVID-19 vaccination effort could reduce cases and deaths and allow the return of family visitation and in-person classes. Shipments of the vaccine should start arriving at prisons, jails and other congregate living facilities by the end of the month, state deputy health commissioner Keith Reed told Oklahoma Watch in an email. ....

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