Some offenders serving the custody portion of their intermittent sentences on weekends are being moved to house arrest over concerns about the potential spread of COVID-19 in the province’s correctional facilities, according to a spokesperson for Alberta Justice.
In an email to Global News on Tuesday, communications adviser Katherine Thompson said such steps have been taken since March 20.
She said offenders who are now serving under house arrest as a result are having their “conditions closely monitored by community corrections,” noting that the action was taken to “mitigate the amount of individuals entering and exiting provincial correctional and remand centres as part of helping to avoid the spread of virus.” “In consultation with AHS,