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Correctional Centre managing COVID-19 outbreak says OPSEU president
The union representing the nearly 120 correctional officers at the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre says few inmates are showing symptoms of COVID-19 and the staff infection rate remains low.
Jan 28, 2021 11:28 AM By: Doug Diaczuk
Shawn Bradshaw, president of OSPEU 708 Thunder Bay Correctional Centre. (File).
THUNDER BAY - Despite 50 positive cases of COVID-19 at the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre, union officials say the outbreak is being managed, with few inmates showing symptoms and a low infection rate among staff.
“When you look at it, we are approximately 94 per cent inmate infection rate, but about three to four per cent staff rate,” said Shawn Bradshaw, president of OPSEU 708 for the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre. “When we talk about using PPE, I feel it’s working really well. Based on the way our institution operates, there’s a lot of opportunity for conta