Some U.S. states have higher vaccination rates inside prisons than outside
Photography by Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune, via Associated Press
Early on in the COVID-19 vaccine push, vaccine rates inside U.S. prisons trailed those elsewhere. Then in late May, one of my expert sources told me she was seeing a surprising trend: In some states, inmate vaccine rates were surpassing those on the outside. In this piece, we explored why.