As seven inmates at three federal prisons tested positive for COVID-19 this week, prisoners and their loved ones fear that action — if it comes — will be too late. The Star spoke to four women who have family members serving time in federal prisons. The 38-year-old, who is at Beaver Creek medium-security prison serving an indefinite sentence for aggravated assault, was declared a dangerous offender in September 2017. “You need to release inmates who have been incarcerated way past their parole dates and are eligible to come out,” she said. “I pray very hard about it,” she said, asked whether she thinks the correctional service will release non-violent inmates.

Source: thestar April 04, 2020 11:08 UTC