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LPSO: 115 offenders voluntarily vaccinated at Lafayette Parish Correctional Center

Lafayette Parish sheriff's office
Posted at 12:18 PM, May 27, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-27 13:18:04-04

115 individuals currently incarcerated at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center have been voluntarily vaccinated.

According to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, by Friday, May 28, approximately 20 percent of the population at LPCC will have received a vaccination.

Several more are expected to receive their vaccines this week.

The COVID vaccines, they say, are being offered on a voluntary basis.

The Sheriff's Office says that there are currently only four individuals at LPCC who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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