Inmates To Be Prioritized for COVID-19 Vaccines

Portland, Ore – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the state to offer all inmates in Oregon Department of Corrections facilities a COVID-19 vaccine as if they are in the state’s Phase 1A group. So this actual moves prisoners ahead of senior citizens…who are supposed to start getting the vaccine next week.

The ruling was in response to a class action lawsuit filed in January by the Oregon Justice Resource Center.