Saskatchewan’s criminal justice system is speaking out after the province released a detailed report on a significant COVID-19 outbreak at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre last week.“I know at the John Howard Society we’ve heard from a lot of families that are concerned about their people inside,” John Howard Society of Saskatchewan CEO Shawn Fraser says.On December 31, the province confirmed that 54 inmates, as well as three staff members, had active cases of COVID-19 in their daily case update.
Inmates, organizations concerned as COVID-19 takes hold in Saskatchewan Penitentiary Fraser says a significant step that could be taken to prevent outbreaks would be to reduce the overall number of inmates in Saskatchewan jails and.