February 23, 2021

COVID-19 infections over two times higher than the first wave in federal prisons

Correctional investigator Ivan Zinger released his third report on the impact of COVID-19 in federal prisons. It shows COVID-19 infections are two and a half times higher than the first wave and 60 per cent of those infected in the second wave are Indigenous.

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