Boredom and illness as COVID-19's second wave batters Alberta prisons
“It took a while to make, but we’ve got nothing but time.” Wilcox knows how to do time. The inmate at the centre of a landmark Alberta habeas corpus case, Wilcox previously spent nearly two years in solitary confinement at the remand. Nevertheless, Wilcox says he and his fellow inmates — locked down around the clock to try to contain the jail’s COVID outbreak — are struggling. “You can see it, it’s causing issues for people,” said Wilcox. “Like, one day they’ll be they’ll be happy-go-lucky, going around talking to people — as much as you can, anyway. And then even la...
Source: edmontonjournal.com
