The Bureau of Prisons, Staffing and Vaccines

Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 10 a.m.

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The deadline for federal employees to get vaccinated in order to comply with President Joe Biden\\u2019s mandate is more than a month away, but some employee groups are already balking at the rule. At the Bureau of Prisons, an agency ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, union officials have estimated that an already bad staffing situation may be worse.

Courtney Bubl\\xe9 writes the Coronavirus Roundup. She joined the podcast\\xa0to discuss her story on the vaccine situation at the Bureau of Prisons, as well as other pandemic news that she\\u2019s been covering.

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