/tags/sterling-correctional-facility Sterling Correctional Facility en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:59:26 GMT /health/2021-06-11/colorado-offered-prison-staff-500-to-boost-covid-vaccinations-two-months-ago-around-40-remain-unpoked Corrections officers were among the second group to get early access to coronavirus vaccines late last year. Experts are mixed on how well monetary vaccine incentives actually work. In the two months since CDOC’s bonus was introduced, vaccinations for staff who regularly work in the correctional facilities only increased about 15%, remaining just over half in total. Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:59:26 GMT /health/2021-06-11/colorado-offered-prison-staff-500-to-boost-covid-vaccinations-two-months-ago-around-40-remain-unpoked Adam Rayes /health/2021-04-06/more-than-half-of-colorados-prison-staff-remain-unvaccinated-against-covid-19-the-state-hopes-500-will-motivate-them Correctional staff have been able to get a COVID-19 vaccine since January, but less than half of the more than 6,000 workers have gotten one dose of the vaccine so far. As vaccination opens up to everyone in the general public, including all incarcerated people, the department is offering staff a $500 incentive to get vaccinated. Tue, 06 Apr 2021 20:46:51 GMT /health/2021-04-06/more-than-half-of-colorados-prison-staff-remain-unvaccinated-against-covid-19-the-state-hopes-500-will-motivate-them Adam Rayes /2020-11-24/faced-with-climbing-covid-19-cases-and-tighter-restrictions-a-rural-colorado-hotspot-splinters-over-what-should-change In some ways, Logan County has been Colorado’s canary in the COVID-19 coal mine. It was home to one of the earliest, large-scale outbreaks. Then, months later, it was the first to move back on the state’s public health restriction “dial.” Now, it's one of 15 counties that have moved to the state’s new stricter, but pre-lockdown level. Area residents say living in a hotspot can be scary, stressful and divisive. Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:02:57 GMT /2020-11-24/faced-with-climbing-covid-19-cases-and-tighter-restrictions-a-rural-colorado-hotspot-splinters-over-what-should-change Adam Rayes /health/2020-05-27/in-colorado-a-big-prison-and-a-small-rural-community-share-a-coronavirus-outbreak As the coronavirus continues to spread across the state, a rural corner of northeastern Colorado has become home to the highest rate of cases of any… Wed, 27 May 2020 15:01:51 GMT /health/2020-05-27/in-colorado-a-big-prison-and-a-small-rural-community-share-a-coronavirus-outbreak Adam Rayes, Leigh Paterson