COVID-19 continues to impact staff and inmates at correctional centres across the province, including Regina Correctional Centre, where as of Friday 98 inmates and 28 staff members have tested positive for the virus.Correctional officers along with other front-line workers will start being prioritized for vaccinations once the age eligibility drops to 40, which is expected to happen on April 28.
Correctional officers’ union calls for vaccine prioritization after COVID-19 cases at Regina jail “Quite frankly, this should have happened months and months ago,” said Barry Nowoselsky, chair of the SGEU Public Service/Government Employment (PS/GE) negotiating committee.Nowoselsky said that five inmates and one staff member were hospitalized with.