Coronavirus Prisons

• Inmates take guards hostage at prison in coronavirus-hit Brazilian city of Manaus

  The rebellion came as the coronavirus outbreak overwhelms public services in Manaus, with authorities burying victims in mass graves and warning residents of an imminent shortage of coffins.

  News

  May 2, 2020
  
• 38 inmates at coronavirus-plagued Mission Institution now recovered, officials say

  Over 100 inmates and 12 correctional officers have now tested positive for the coronavirus, accounting for over a third of the prison's inmate population.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2020
  
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• Isolating prisoners to stop coronavirus spread violates human rights: ombudsman

  Ivan Zinger called it ``deeply concerning'' that prison authorities had flagged about 400 inmates as under some form of medical isolation, meaning being locked in a cell for all but 20 minutes a day.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2020
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• Issues continue to plague coronavirus-ravaged B.C. prison, officers’ union says

  Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Saturday that 70 people at the medium-security Mission Institution have now tested positive for COVID-19, including 60 inmates.

  Health

  Apr 18, 2020
• Coronavirus: Calls to release some federal inmates grow as virus spreads

  Prisons need to step up COVID-19 testing and sanitary measures to help prevent mass outbreaks among incarcerated populations, as well as release some offenders immediately, urged more groups Saturday, as case loads grew at several institutions.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2020
• More than 100 federal inmates, corrections officers test positive for COVID-19

  Data from federal officials and the national correctional officers' union shows 61 inmates and 55 officers at facilities in B.C., Ontario and Quebec have COVID-19.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 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
• Chicago’s largest jail reports 450 inmates, staff positive for coronavirus

  The situation gained national attention earlier this week when inmates posted handmade signs pleading for help in the windows of their cells overlooking a public street.

  World

  Apr 9, 2020
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• Two dozen inmates at Warkworth Institution test negative for coronavirus, CSC says

  Since March 16, federal correctional facilities in Ontario have decreased their inmate population by nearly 2,000.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2020
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• Judges release growing number accused of violent crimes due to COVID-19 fears

  Canadian judges are increasingly citing the new coronavirus in their decisions to release detainees accused of serious crimes.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2020