Prison Outbreak

• COVID-19: Thirteen inmates test positive at B.C. medium-security prison

  The Mission Institution says it has suspended in-person visits to two units amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

  Health

  Jul 22, 2022
  
• N.S. prison reform groups call for inmate releases as COVID-19 spreads

  So far, 20 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Nova Institution for Women and 31 have tested positive at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility.

  Health

  Jan 1, 2022
  
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• COVID-19: 15 corrections officers test positive at federal prison in Quebec

  Correctional Services says all in-person visits have been temporarily suspended and that measures are being taken to minimize the spread of COVID-19 through the facility.

  Health

  Dec 30, 2021
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• Coronavirus: 2 COVID-19 cases at Millhaven Institution

  Millhaven Institution in Bath, Ont., has discovered two cases of COVID-19 among inmates over the last month, but says the virus was not transmitted within the prison.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2021
• Three COVID-19 cases discovered in inmates at B.C. correctional facility

  The CSC said visits to inmates in Fraser Valley institutions continue to be suspended.

  Dec 23, 2020
• Corrections confirms 80 inmates, 4 staff members infected with COVID-19 at Kingston prison

  Correctional Service Canada is dealing with a major COVID-19 outbreak at a prison in Kingston, Ont.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2020
• New COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at B.C. prison hit hardest by virus in April

  The Mission Institution was the site of Canada's largest prison outbreak in April, with 120 inmates and a dozen staff infected.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2020
• COVID-19: Guards want masks for inmates, freeze on staff movement as outbreak grows at B.C. prison

  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.

  Apr 13, 2020