New York Must Offer Vaccine to All Prisoners Immediately, Judge Rules

Written By Madelyn S

The New York Times, March 29, 2021: New York Must Offer Vaccine to All Prisoners Immediately, Judge Rules

“New York must immediately begin to offer Covid vaccines to all incarcerated people in the state’s prisons and jails, a judge ruled on Monday, making the state one of few in the nation to provide doses to such a broad population behind bars.”

Additional reading:

Curbed, February 12, 2021: Giving Vaccines to Prisoners Won’t Be Enough to Get Them Vaccinated “We just don’t want to be the lab rats.”

Madelyn S
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