But he claims he's been denied a cheap, non-medical facemask that could save his life because he's a prisoner inside the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre awaiting trial. It says those cases have not resulted in a spread to staff or inmates, but would provide no further details on the situation within the Surrey Pretrial centre. Alyson Dorin, lawyer to Adam DeVries, wants to know why face masks are banned at the Surrey Pretrial Centre, but allowed at other B.C. Inmates inside the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam say they are allowed to wear masks unlike prisoners at the Surrey Pretrial centre. "If the inmates at Surrey Pretrial were able to wear face masks, then they'd have a greater level of protection."

Source: CBC News October 02, 2020 10:52 UTC