COVID-19 at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert described a recent outbreak at the institution as “inevitable.”Former inmate Chastin Hall said he was incarcerated on April 20 for violation of parole and breaching a curfew.
Although his warrant expired on July 24 last year, he was held on remand because of other matters before the courts and released on Jan.
21, he said. Inmates, organizations concerned as COVID-19 takes hold in Saskatchewan Penitentiary Hall said keeping inmates longer than their original sentence also contributed to crowded conditions at the penitentiary — facilitating the spread of the virus.“I got tested three times at the beginning and I came back negative.