Preface: I am pro-vaccinating prisoners and pro-treating all patients equally, including COVIDIOTS.

That said, NYU medical ethicist @ArthurCaplan is quoted in the following two articles, making points that seem in tension.

First: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/health/coronavirus-vaccine-prisons.html

Second: https://nationalpost.com/news/ethicists-debate-whether-anti-mask-protestors-should-forfeit-covid-19-medical-care-when-medical-resources-are-strained

Does the principle advocated for in this second article not equally apply to those who have been convicted in a court of law of a crime, after being afforded all of the protections of due process, etc?

Of course, it is suggested that is should be voluntary. This seems a bit naive, and something one can speak of in theory regarding severe disease, but cannot really translate to real life in any meaningful way.

I am more than a bit confused.