MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Department of Corrections says its inmates aren't getting better access to swine-flu vaccine than are others citizens.

The DOC responded Friday to criticism from a state lawmaker who says inmates shouldn't be getting scarce vaccine while other people have to wait. Republican state Rep. Brett Davis of Oregon says there are pregnant law-abiding citizens having trouble getting the vaccine.

DOC spokesman John Dipko says his agency has received 900 doses of vaccine, but only 5 percent of that has gone to inmates. He says most of those inmates are pregnant women or otherwise in high-risk groups.

He says people in the general inmate population aren't getting the vaccine yet.

The issue has gained prominence after vaccine shortages were reported nationwide.