Do they not? The prison I visit has "nurses" are those not actually trained nurses? or are they not required to be, and this prison is just doing something they aren't required to? Don't get me wrong, I don't think they are impartial at all, they withhold some vital care from inmates, especially those in pre-trial detention who were taking meds at the time of booking.

@Ibrahem Alhaidari less than 20% of state and federal prisoners have been vaccinated, according to data collected by The Marshall Project and The Associated Press. In some states, prisoners and advocates have resorted to lawsuits to get access. And even when they are eligible, they aren’t receiving important education about the vaccine.

The Prison guys i talked to tell me this is a nation wide practice. It took them a little while to get back to me.

Well, if you look at it as an inability to social distance-- One of the first steps would be voiding unconscionable contracts that private prison companies have with States. Many States have been (market dynamics) forced to sign contracts that specify a minimum percentage of jail occupancy, some states are actually charged MORE for an empty prison bed than a full one. While this makes sense when you look at prisoners as slave labor, maybe that's not the way we should look at our criminal "justice" system. The prisons are so packed, because states are contractually obligated to keep them that way. Also, one of my friends went in the hole for two weeks because of possible exposure, that's basically asking prisoners to volunteer to be tortured (they didn't change the solitary conditions of no bed, no tv, no nothing, they didn't even let him bring his portable tablet!). Solitary confinement is widely considered to be one of the cruelest forms of punishment that can be inflicted upon a human, there is significant research proving that it does not take long in solitary to significantly damage someone's brain. So, if contract tracing is critical to reducing the spread of COVID, it would also help if they are not torturing prisoners who self-report exposure.

@RJ "Deke" Dieken wait a minute, are you saying that someone caught covid due to over crowding, and in order to isolate them they sent them to solitary? … really??