Vaccination rates against COVID-19 among staff in New York jails and prisons are significantly lagging behind other congregate settings and New Yorkers in the general population, according to data provided to WNYC/Gothamist.

Five months after becoming eligible, just 31% of staff members in city jails—3,074 out of 9,882 employees—have received at least one dose of the vaccines at Rikers or in their communities. This vaccination rate has increased only 11% since April, despite improvements in availability through citywide walk-in appointments and other measures.

Higher percentages of incarcerated New Yorkers have been inoculated both at Rikers and state prisons, even though correctional staff received a two-and-a-half-month head start on vaccine eligibility.

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