N.S. prison reform groups call for inmate releases as COVID-19 spreads
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Martha Paynter, a registered nurse and the founder of the reproductive justice and prison abolition organization Wellness Within, is concerned about the impact increased restrictions will have on the inmates.
‘Many of us have, perhaps facetiously, said that it felt like we were imprisoned when we had to isolate, or quarantine, or what have you, during COVID,’ she told Global News.
‘That really was inappropriate to say. People in prison – at the best of times – endure really horrific conditions, and on lockdown, these prisoners are unable to communicate, they have no control over their access to showers, to food. It’s very dire.’
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