Inmate at Joyceville Penitentiary in Kingston says no to COVID-19 vaccine; 600 inmates could receive vaccines this week

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Martha Paynter is a registered nurse and supports the move to vaccinate, but says staff should be included too.

‘In the month of December, 3.5 per cent of prisoners in this country got COVID. In one month,’ she says. ‘This is a population that is getting COVID at a disproportionate rate.’”