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/CNW/ - Today, the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) issued the following statement in response to the findings and recommendations of the Correctional Service of...
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Proposed class-action suit against Ottawa suggests inmates face systemic bias in risk assessments Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and Mail The federal government is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit on behalf of tens of thousands of inmates over systemic bias in its security classifications, which affect inmates’ living arrangements, access to treatm...
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. Members should be inoculated at their workplaces as quickly as possible, said Jeff Wilkins, national president of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers. The call came Wednesday amid word from the union that the Correctional Service would begin vaccinating inmates this week. In a statement late Wednesday, the Correctional Service said it expected to begin vaccinating "older, medically vulnerable federal inmates"...
'I’m not trying to take anything away from anyone in the country’s prisons, but let's get real about vulnerability,' says one local MP
SASKATOON -- Inmates at a federal correctional facility located in Saskatoon will be among the first in Canada to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC). Coronavirus immunizations for inmates held in custody at the Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC) in Saskatoon are expected to begin Friday, CSC said. The immunizations will be reserved for older inmates from whom COVID-19 poses the greatest risk and those who are considered medically vulnerable. According to the National Medical Advisor for CSC, Dr. James Worthington, the decision to provide vacci...