Saskatchewan Penitentiary are alleging a lack of access to cleaning supplies and growing frustration as a COVID-19 outbreak keeps them confined to their cells for 23 and a half hours per day.The federal institution announced an outbreak of COVID-19 on Dec.
15 when 24 inmates tested positive. 24 inmates at Saskatchewan Penitentiary test positive for COVID-19 That number has grown to at least 64 inmates and five staff.
Without enough room to isolate infected inmates, they remain housed on their medium security range.Inmates say they get just 20 minutes out of their cells each day, and only allowed access to the showers and the phones.