COVID-19 Is Spreading Rapidly Inside Prisons. When Will Inmates Be Vaccinated?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 8, 2020

Keri Blakinger, staff writer at The Marshall Project, talks about the number of COVID-19 cases inside prisons and jails across the country, what is being done to mitigate the spread, and where incarcerated individuals fall in line of who gets vaccinated when.

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