The union representing Canadian prison workers is calling for new protection measures at a B.C. federal prison in the grips of the country’s worst inmate COVID-19 outbreak.
The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO-SACC-CSN) said Monday that 41 inmates and six corrections officers at the Mission Institution have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The last update from the Correctional Service of Canada on April 12 lists 35 infected inmates. There are 155 corrections officers working at the Mission Institution.
It has a capacity for 216 inmates at the medium security wing — the site of the outbreak — and 324 inmates at its minimum security wing. “Management must put an immediate stop to the movement of staff between