The inmate said weeks went by before adequate testing, meals and shower schedules were implemented at Mission Institution, where 120 inmates and a dozen employees were infected.

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.

The federal institution is the site of the worst COVID-19 outbreak in a Canadian prison, with at least 64 inmates and 11 staff testing positive for the virus.

The outbreak at the Okanagan Correctional Centre has been declared over.

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.

"People are reporting that they're not getting daily showers. They're saying that they've had maybe three showers in the last 15 days."

British Columbia's Mission Institution is the site of Canada's first COVID-19-related federal inmate death.

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

A secure area at Abbotsford Regional Hospital has also been set up for the 41 inmates and staff who have tested positive.

The union representing Canadian prison staff is calling for new protection measures at a B.C. federal prison in the grips of the country's worst inmate COVID-19 outbreak.