Coronavirus Jail

• Coronavirus: 20 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Port Coquitlam jail

  Fraser Health said it was working with BC Corrections, which operates the facility, and the Provincial Health Services Authority to control the spread of the infection.

  Health

  Jan 22, 2021
  
• L.A. inmates ‘deliberately’ infected themselves with COVID-19, sheriff says

  The plot was based on a 'gross misunderstanding' that inmates would be released if they tested positive for COVID-19.

  Trending

  May 12, 2020
  
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• First coronavirus case confirmed at B.C. women’s prison

  It is the latest case of COVID-19 to be confirmed at a B.C. correctional facility.

  Health

  Apr 17, 2020
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• Staff member at Port Coquitlam, B.C. jail tests positive for coronavirus

  Health officials have confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak in another B.C. correctional facility.

  Apr 16, 2020
• B.C. prison outbreak worsens, 48 now infected with COVID-19

  The Mission Institution in B.C.'s Fraser Valley is facing the worst outbreak of any Canadian federal prison.

  Apr 15, 2020
• Coronavirus: 25 inmates, 3 staff infected as COVID-19 outbreak in B.C. prison worsens

  B.C.'s medium-security Mission Institution is in the grips of the country's worst prison outbreak of COVID-19.

  Crime

  Apr 10, 2020