Saturday marks one year since Canada saw the first COVID-19 cases connected to Canadian jails. Activists are calling on all levels of government to decrease prison populations in order to curtail the spread of the virus. Brittany Rosen reports.
- Crowding in jails close to pre-pandemic levels, Ontario Human Rights Commission says
- 5 inmates, 1 correctional staff member hospitalized in Sask. for COVID-19: Union
- Inmate populations are rising in these provinces, despite ongoing pandemic: report