Overcrowded Prisons Should Get Priority Vaccine Distribution

Dr. Munr Kazmir
4 min readDec 16, 2020

It might not be popular, but the alternative might be worse.

Orleans Parish Prison, Louisiana. March 28, 2012. (Bart Everson)

Unsurprisingly, a California Sheriff is refusing to release 1,800 inmates after a judge’s order, calling the incarcerated individuals a “serious threat” to the community. Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said he will not release these prisoners into the community despite a court order to do so.

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