The Ministry Of Justice has defended their vaccine schedule, after being criticised for offering vaccinations to sex offenders like Gary Glitter before their victims.
A Government spokesperson said: "Prisoners are being vaccinated at the same time as the general public and in line with the priority groups set out by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.” At 76, the former glam-rock star, real name Paul Francis Gadd, is one of a group of serious sex offenders who because of their age is being invited for a vaccination.
The current priority group includes all those in the general population age 75 and over. With many younger victims of imprisoned sex offenders not yet in the priority age group for the vaccine, they