gathered Tuesday in the fresh air outside of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre as their loved ones sat inside, in a hotbed of COVID-19.They’re calling for the release of remanded inmates, who have no way to escape the coronavirus after an outbreak infected nearly a quarter of the jail’s population.
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety said it won’t release anyone early. COVID-19 outbreak at Saskatoon jail flagged as potentially fatal systemic failure Chantelle Reimer’s husband-to-be, Tyler Magnus, lives in an overflow unit, where 16 of 20 men have tested positive for the virus.
Magnus received a negative test result on Monday but has several symptoms of the disease.“There’s so many people that are sitting on.