News 1. COVID-19 and provincial jails Provincial jails have not seen a major breakout of COVID-19. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the jails have improperly infringed on prisoners’ rights, and the programs, policies, and supports that were implemented in order to prevent COVID infections in jails have been defunded; as a […]
Grieving alone, together
Morning File, Tuesday, April 21, 2020
News 1. The latest on COVID-19 and Northwood Yesterday saw the largest number of new cases of COVID-19 reported in Nova Scotia since the pandemic began. Of the 46 new cases, 36 are at the Northwood long-term care facility in Halifax. Northwood residents and staff now represent 151 of the province’s 721 confirmed cases. Jennifer […]
A prisoner at Burnside has tested positive for COVID-19; El Jones speaks with another prisoner about it
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. In response to a question from the Halifax Examiner, a spokesperson from the Nova Scotia Department of Justice has confirmed that a prisoner at the Burnside jail has tested positive for COVID-19. The department issued this statement to the Examiner: We can confirm that one […]