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TRCI finishes offering first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to inmates; county prisons finish first step of immunizing AICs

29m | East Oregonian

UMATILLA COUNTY — Umatilla County’s two state prisons finished the first step of immunizing all adults in custody against ...

As COVID-19 rages, federal inmates stuck in Connecticut prison are ‘like sitting ducks,’ lawyer says

3d | The Baltimore Sun

Yet just 7,850 of the 151,735 people serving federal sentences right now have been granted home confinement — about 5%. State ...

Prison systems and COVID-19: What’s the connection?

1d | The Daily Campus

Cook County Jail in Chicago, one of the largest prisons in the country, became widely known and reported on during the ...

VERIFY: Do inmates in jails and prisons get COVID-19 stimulus checks?

6d | WLTX19

Yes, inmates have received stimulus checks in the past and will likely be eligible for additional COVID-19 relief money if ...

The Latest: COVID-19 outbreak at Vermont state prison grows

2d | StarTribune

An outbreak of COVID-19 at the Vermont state prison in Newport has grown to 100 inmates and eight staff members, making it the largest outbreak at a Vermont correctional facility since the start of ...

What People in Prison Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine

3d | The Marshall Project

Over 100 incarcerated people around the country told us their questions about the vaccine. Here’s information about whether it’s safe, when it could be available and more.

Small Rally Remembers Plight of Lompoc Federal Prison Inmates in Coronavirus Crisis

11d | Noozhawk

After hundreds of inmates infected in one of worst Bureau of Prisons outbreaks, advocates began push for reforms in campaign ...

'A death sentence': US prisons could receive Covid vaccines last despite being hotspots

24d | The Guardian

The Covid mortality rate in prisons was twice as high as ... became the first incarcerated recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine in the United States. But when the majority of the 2.3 million ...

COVID-19 cases more than double in federal prisons during second wave of pandemic

10d | The Canadian Press on MSN.com

OTTAWA — Canada's prison ombudsman is calling for alternatives to incarceration in a new report that shows the number of ...

AP Analysis: US Federal Executions Likely a COVID Superspreader

27d | Voice of America

In all, 726 of the approximately 1,200 inmates at the United States Penitentiary at ... complained about the spread of the coronavirus through the federal prison system, as well as a lack of ...

TRCI finishes offering first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to inmates; county prisons finish first step of immunizing AICs

29m | East Oregonian

UMATILLA COUNTY — Umatilla County’s two state prisons finished the first step of immunizing all adults in custody against ...

Prison systems and COVID-19: What’s the connection?

1d | The Daily Campus

Cook County Jail in Chicago, one of the largest prisons in the country, became widely known and reported on during the ...

Opinion: COVID-19 intensifies already inhumane conditions in prisons

1d Opinion | Edmonton Journal on MSN.com

The state of our collective mental health has been the centre of many conversations since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Small Rally Remembers Plight of Lompoc Federal Prison Inmates in Coronavirus Crisis

11d | Noozhawk

After hundreds of inmates infected in one of worst Bureau of Prisons outbreaks, advocates began push for reforms in campaign ...

US COVID-19 death toll approaches milestone of 500,000

12d | KSEE

The U.S. stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the ...

Depopulating Prisons Must Be Part of Biden’s Commitment to Racial Justice and COVID-19

7d | Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with 109 organizations, sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting a meeting and urging swift action to protect the health and safety of ...

Disgraced R&B Singer R Kelly Receives COVID-19 Vaccine In Prison!

4d | Daily Soap Dish

It has been reported that disgraced singer Robert Sylvester Kelly has received both shots of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine ...

Coronavirus forces Biden to forgo pomp for US-Canada meeting

10d | WPRI 12

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Joe Biden to alter another first for his administration: the typically formal ...

Care of Pregnant Women in Prison Falls Short of Federal Guidelines: Report

8d | thecrimereport.org

The care of pregnant women in federal prisons and in the custody of U.S. marshals does not always align with national ...

Learn from Alabama: Mississippi should solve prison crisis, avoid federal intervention

8d Opinion | Hattiesburg American on MSN.com

Mississippi needs to do what it takes to avoid federal intervention of its prison system. Take note of Alabama. This is not a ...

Federal judge moves Oregon prisoners ahead of seniors on Covid-19 vaccination list

29d | CNN

A federal judge ruled that Oregon must offer Covid-19 vaccinations to all prison inmates immediately -- putting them ahead of ...

TRCI finishes offering first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to inmates; county prisons finish first step of immunizing AICs

29m | East Oregonian

UMATILLA COUNTY — Umatilla County’s two state prisons finished the first step of immunizing all adults in custody against ...

Women, some sick with COVID-19, left ‘freezing’ without heat at Fort Worth medical prison

17d | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The prison is the only federal medical facility for women in the country, and most people incarcerated there have medical ...

90 cases of UK COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 reported at Michigan prison, state says

16d | USA Today on MSN.com

A Michigan prison appears to be the site of a COVID-19 variant outbreak, where 90 cases of the more contagious B.1.1.7 have ...

‘I couldn't really breathe’: Former inmate on COVID-19 at federal prison

14d | The Canadian Press on MSN.com

A 24-year-old released in January after contracting COVID-19 at Saskatchewan Penitentiary (Sask. Pen) in Prince Albert described a recent outbreak at the institution as “inevitable.” Former inmate ...

John Paul Funes, former OLOL chief fundraiser, released from federal prison

7h | WBRZ

TERRE HAUTE, IN - John Paul Funes, Our Lady of the Lake Foundation’s former chief fundraiser who had been serving time in ...

Fresno man, Chowchilla prison inmate indicted by federal grand jury for state EDD fraud scheme of over $103k amid COVID-19 pandemic

2d | KSEE

A Fresno man and an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla were indicted by a federal grand jury for an unemployment fraud scheme ...

NY’s Prisons & Jails Are ‘Hotbeds’ for COVID-19, Advocates Say in Call for Full Vaccine Access

8d | City Limits

Earlier this month, the state began vaccinating incarcerated people 65 and older. But advocates, as well as local officials who run the city’s jails, want eligibility expanded to include all inmates, ...

Shiprock man gets two years in federal prison for assaulting BIA agent

14d | The Daily Times (Farmington) on MSN.com

A Shiprock man will serve two years in federal prison for assaulting a federal law enforcement agent after being found intoxicated in a vehicle parked in the middle of a road. Derrick ...

Weather causing federal COVID-19 vaccine delivery delays, Illinois says

16d | The Pantagraph

Illinois officials have been notified that winter weather across much of the U.S. is causing delays in the delivery of ...