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Prison guards need priority COVID-19 vaccinations, union says
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Jan 6, 2021 at 2:28 pm EDT
OTTAWA A union representing federal prison guards says vaccinating them against COVID-19 should be a priority, given their front-line role in correctional institutions.
Jeff Wilkins, national president of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, says members should be inoculated at their workplaces as quickly as possible.
The call comes as the union hears of plans by the Correctional Service to begin vaccinating inmates Friday.
It says the prison service has sent some 1,200 doses to various institutions and plans to vaccinate elderly inmates first.
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MONTREAL, Jan. 6, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO-SACC-CSN) has many questions that remain unanswered, as the vaccination operation is due to start on this coming Friday across the federal penitentiaries.
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has sent some 1200 doses to various federal prisons and plans to vaccine the elderly inmates at first. We don t have many details on what s going to come next. Will the Correctional Officers be vaccinated before any of the general population of inmates who are under 70 years of age? Will the vaccination take place in the workplace? Will CSC prioritize vaccinations where there are outbreaks? asks Jeff Wilkins, National President of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers-CSN.
Published Wednesday, January 6, 2021 2:45PM EST Premier Doug Ford is slamming the federal government’s decision to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to some inmates before inoculating all long-term care home residents, as part of a pilot program starting this week. “Let s not give the most dangerous criminals in our country the vaccine before we give it to our long-term care patients, most vulnerable and other elderly people,” Ford said. “I encourage the federal government, I encourage the Prime Minister, stop it. It is not good,” he added. Ford’s comments come after the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO) announced that, starting Friday, hundreds of federal inmates will receive vaccines as part of a pilot project.
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