An inmate recently released from the Okanagan Correctional Centre (OCC) fears he may have been exposed to COVID-19 and hasn’t been instructed by authorities to self-isolate.
The 58-year-old man from the East Kootenays, who Global News has agreed not to name to protect his safety, said he was released from the correctional facility near Oliver, B.C., on March 28 after spending four months behind bars for impaired driving.
Four days after his release, B.C.’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed a COVID-19 case among the inmate population at the OCC. “The person who became ill was isolated and the people in the pod that he was in are all being monitored now, so far there are no other cases but it takes time, as we know, after