Guards at an Ottawa jail refused to work Tuesday morning due to the lack of COVID-19 screening of those going inside the institution, the union representing its correctional workers said.
The entire morning shift of correctional workers at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre refused to enter the institution, said Ontario Public Service Employees Union spokesman Ryan Graham. “Everyone is taking precautions everywhere, yet we come to the correctional institutions and we’re not taking any precautions,” Graham said.
He said the union has been pushing the Ministry of the Solicitor General for weeks to implement screening measures at all provincial jails that include asking anyone entering the institution — from guards to management to inmates —