Anxiety builds for family members of Headingley inmates as outbreak grows
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“There is no possibility for social distancing in a prison environment,” said Martha Paynter, a registered nurse who is an advocate for prisoner rights in Nova Scotia.
Paynter also runs Women’s Wellness Within, a non-profit organization supporting women, transgender and non-binary people who have been incarcerated.
She said overcrowding in Canadian jails puts the inmates and the public at risk.
“It’s poised for both disease transmission within the facility and then taking it in and outside because everyday staff are coming in and out,” she told CTV News.
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