Correctional Facilities Are COVID-19 Hot Spots. Why Don't They Get Vaccine Priority?
Prisons, jails and detention centers have much higher coronavirus case and fatality rates than the general public. But attitudes toward inmates mean bank tellers may get vaccinated before they do.
![In March of 2020, Robbie Dennis was transferred to the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. The CDC first recommended that Americans wear masks on April 3; prisoners at Angola didn](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/12/23/jd9b3a6363-edit_wide-d6f5553b0e172eb75d96ef8b21cb23afdf967ec6.jpg?s=600)
Prisons, jails and detention centers have much higher coronavirus case and fatality rates than the general public. But attitudes toward inmates mean bank tellers may get vaccinated before they do.
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