Reaction is coming in after the province announced a COVID-19 outbreak at the Burnside jail. At least 31 adults at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility have tested positive for the virus, while cases continue to climb at a federal women’s prison in Truro. As Graeme Benjamin reports, prison justice advocates say this could have all been avoided.
- Indigenous inmates testing positive for COVID-19 at higher rates in federal prisons
- Calls grow for inmate releases as COVID-19 cases climb in Canada’s jails and prisons
- N.S. prison reform groups call for inmate releases as COVID-19 spreads