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Sask. John Howard CEO accuses province of playing politics on issue of releasing inmates on remand during COVID-19 pandemic
The head of Saskatchewan’s John Howard Society says he is disappointed Premier Scott Moe has chosen to play politics with the issue of releasing inmates on remand.
Prisoners on remand are those serving time in correctional facilities who are accused but not convicted of any crime.
The John Howard Society and other inmate advocate groups have been calling on the government to release inmates on remand as a way of bringing the high numbers of COVID-19 cases in provincial jails down.