Lawyer calls for inmate release as COVID-19 outbreak at Calgary jail grows to 65

A COVID-19 outbreak has grown to 65 cases at the Calgary Correctional Centre, up ten cases from last week. At least 50 inmates at the jail have tested positive for the virus and all inmates and staff are being tested for the virus. Isolation procedures were enacted and outbreak protocol was launched after 24 cases were connected to the jail and first made public on October 22. “It’s been predicted by experts forever during this pandemic that once (COVID-19) gets into an institution,