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Pennsylvania has no clear plan to vaccinate inmates in county jails, and is not providing shots

Keeping cases low without a vaccine comes with impacts to quality of life while incarcerated: quarantines on arrival, restricted movement for almost all hours of the day, and no in-person visitations. 

By Staff


State House moves to protect prison guards by cracking down on inmates

Among other things, the measures would impose longer sentences for assaulting guards, and punish inmates for a broader range of crimes.
By Katie Meyer/WITF

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