Advocates: Prisons need better vaccine education for inmates

Shortly before Covid-19 vaccinations began in January at the federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, officials held town hall meetings for inmates about the vaccines and put up informational posters around the facility. Yet when vaccination time came, 212 of the nearly 550 inmates who were offered the shots refused to take them, according to federal prison officials, shining a light on prisoners' skepticism of the vaccine that is permeating many correctional institutions in the country.