I agree with Raptor Jesus. Preventing further mutation of the disease benefits all citizens even more than the detainees that don't get sick. Who knows maybe the detainees are getting the mind control version of the vaccine:)   See 11 other replies

Ah the "I deserve it" argument. A strong argument that hits on the emotions our generation was raised to have.Hey guess what? This is not about who gets it first. If it was not absolutely essential to get them the vaccine first the FDA would say "screw them". But this is how most governments handle vaccine distribution.It is not about keeping the prisoners alive or more comfortable. It is about keeping them from making the disease 10 times worse.If you get sick you have access to these things (prisoners do not or do at a much smaller degree):
A clean private room.
Ventilation.
Emotional stability of concerned friends and family.
Access medicine and medical help.
The outdoors.All these things will not only help you get better faster, but you will be a hundred times less likely to spread the disease, than if you were in a cramped prison. And as a disease spreads it becomes stronger and more resistant to any medicine or antibodies that were developed by previous vaccinations.Then guess what will happen? A stronger disease will hit the general population who were vaccinated for the original weaker disease.But of course it is not fair for law-abiding citizens to be forced to wait a couple more months.   See 11 other replies

We are forcing? Are you out of your tiny little brain? At what point did we "force" individuals to live in confined quarters? Oh yeah when the committed a crime serious enough to placed there. We did not force. The actions and the consequences to those actions are what brought them to the confined quarters. People who have chose to live in accordance with the laws should have access to the vaccinations first. Not inmates who are in prison because they have broken the law.   See 11 other replies

I'd rather just legalize all drugs myself. Morality laws are stupid and as liberty corrosive as it gets.   See 11 other replies

I had the same thought as OP when I saw that segment. We are forcing people to live in confined quarters where an airborne disease could easily travel about and infect hundreds within a week. It wouldn't make sense to do anything EXCEPT vaccinate everyone there. All prisons should get it before the general populace.   See 11 other replies

You know, there are many ways in which you are correct on that statement.   See 11 other replies