Utah State Prison inmates vaccinated in Nomi Health, Utah Department of Corrections partnership
The one-day event administered Johnson & Johnson vaccines for incoming inmates in Draper.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kyle Shields receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Nomi Health staff at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, during a vaccine event with incoming inmates.
About 40 inmates were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday in a one-day event held by Nomi Health and the Utah Department of Corrections.
The inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper received the one and done Johnson & Johnson vaccine — if they wanted it.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salvador Martinez grimaces as he receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Nomi Health staff at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Martinez said he wanted to get the shot so he could see his mother.
Nomi Health, an Orem-based healthcare company, was contracted in January by the state to run 18 TestUtah sites. The company has vaccinated over 1,600 state prisoners to date while coordinating COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts across the country, according to a news release.
One by one inmates who agreed to get the vaccine were walked from their cell and given the shot in the day room just outside their cells.
Many prisoners said they got the shot so they could safely meet with family during visiting hours, which resumed last June. Visitors and inmates are not required to be vaccinated to meet with loved ones and visitation is held behind a barrier.
“This event furthers Nomi’s mission to bring healthcare services to the people,” the news release stated, “and being good stewards of the State by providing and activating the largest mobile COVID-19 testing and vaccination task force, in Utah.”
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nomi Health, the direct healthcare company coordinating COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts across the country and Utah Department of Corrections collaborate to provide the COVID-19 vaccine for incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper wait their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccination on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) An inmate is given the Johnson & Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Prison guards prepare to help staff from Nomi Health, the direct healthcare company coordinating COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts across the country and Utah Department of Corrections, as they collaborate to provide the COVID-19 vaccine for incoming inmates interested in the shot at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Inmates interested in getting the COVID-19 vaccination at the Utah State Prison in Draper are moved into the day room one by one to get the shot on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Austin Stockard is administered the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by EMT Amanda Young during a vaccination event at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Stockard responded that he wanted to get the vaccine so he could meet with family during visiting hours.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Plague novel by Albert Camus is one of the reading choices as seen in the day room area of the Utah State Prison in Draper as incoming inmates are given the choice the get the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Orion Anderson receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Nomi Health staff at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) An incoming inmate agrees to getting the COVID-19 vaccination by Nomi Health personal administering the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is prepared by Nomi Health, the direct healthcare company coordinating COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts across the country and the Utah Department of Corrections during a vaccination event with incoming inmates who want the shot at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nomi Health, the direct healthcare company coordinating COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts across the country and Utah Department of Corrections collaborate to provide the COVID-19 vaccine for incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Prison staff work to safely move inmates from their cells into the common day room to be vaccinated against COVID-19 during a vaccination event with interested incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Prison staff work to safely move inmates from their cells into the common day room to be vaccinated against COVID-19 during a vaccination event with interested incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Prison staff work to safely move inmates from their cells into the common day room to be vaccinated against COVID-19 during a vaccination event with interested incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sean Gonzales is moved from his cell by prison staff as he agrees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Nomi Health staff at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, during a vaccine event with incoming inmates.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Prison guards suit up in PPE gear at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, before a vaccination event with incoming inmates who want the COVID-19 vaccine.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nomi Health, the direct healthcare company coordinating COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts across the country and Utah Department of Corrections collaborate to provide the COVID-19 vaccine for incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, as they move from pod to pod for inmates who agreed to get the vaccine.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sean Gonzales receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Nomi Health staff at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper wait their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccination on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nomi Health, staff wrap up around 40 vaccinations administered to incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Nomi Health is the direct healthcare company coordinating COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts across the country and Utah Department of Corrections.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sean Gonzales receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Nomi Health staff at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper wait their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccination on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, from Nomi Health staff.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kyle Shields receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Nomi Health staff at the Utah State Prison in Draper, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, during a vaccine event with incoming inmates.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Prison staff work to safely move inmates from their cells into the common day room to be vaccinated against COVID-19 during a vaccination event with interested incoming inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Prison staff at the Utah State Prison in Draper sanitize handcuffs as they work to safely remove inmates from their cells to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nomi Health staff and prison guards remove PPE gear following a COVID-19 vaccination event for new inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
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