Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), a member of the House Democrats’ so-called “Squad,” is suggesting that prisoners be among those who receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
That would put inmates alongside and even ahead of some senior citizens and healthcare workers in the vaccine queue.
Per The Washington Free Beacon:
“I’m going to continue to fight for our most vulnerable communities who have been disproportionately impacted by the virus, for our health care workers, for our essential workers, for incarcerated men and women to be prioritized in the distribution of the vaccine,” Pressley told CNN.
Pressley’s statement is in line with her state’s vaccination plan but clashes with other leaders’ approaches. Massachusetts is prioritizing prison inmates and homeless individuals over senior citizens and at-risk individuals in its vaccination plan. The state’s inmates will receive vaccines after frontline workers and residents of nursing homes.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D.) has said her city’s inmates and homeless will be prioritized in vaccinations to create an “equitable distribution” of the vaccine.
Some Democratic state leaders have pushed back on the prioritization. Colorado governor Jared Polis said there was “no way” incarcerated people would get the vaccine before the general populace.
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