Experts and advocates are calling on governments to release some inmates in provincial jails and federal prisons as outbreaks of COVID-19 driven by the fast-moving Omicron variant spread through the country's correctional facilities.
Inmates at Bordeaux prison in Montreal are dealing with a major COVID-19 outbreak, with 75 people infected as of Monday morning. Inmates are being kept isolated in their cells, with meals served there, and programs and activities are cancelled.