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Quite worked up
A new report from the government’s scientific advisors on COVID-19 in prison is very clear.
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The pandemic in prisons could be ended in a day
Up to 15 March, there have now been 15,472 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in prisons, and 130 COVID-related deaths (105 confirmed or suspected to be due to COVID).
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The political barriers to prisoner vaccination
When the coronavirus crisis hit last year, many of us were deeply worried about the prospect of its spread through the prison system, and the severe illness and death that would follow in its wake.
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Doing everything thing that we can?
This week the UK passed the grim milestone of over 100,000 COVID-19 deaths.
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Vaccinate prison staff and prisoners now
Should prisoners and prison staff be among the priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination?
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Second wave in prisons more deadly than the first
Since my last update in December, HMPPS have released another two weeks worth of data on infection levels in prisons in England and Wales.
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Vaccinating all those in prison "eminently deliverable"
The only thing getting in the way of vaccinating those in prisons against COVID-19 is politics, our director Richard Garside told The Independent yesterday.
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Update on second wave of COVID-19 in prisons
Here’s another update on the second wave of the pandemic in prisons as the Ministry of Justice have switched back to releasing weekly data.