As COVID-19 cases climb at the Regina Correctional Centre, the provincial NDP is calling on the minister responsible to resign and for the government to do more to ensure inmates and staff are safe. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan NDP's corrections and policing critic, Nicole Sarauer, called for Christine Tell to resign as the province reported at least 57 cases of COVID-19 had been found at the Regina Correctional Centre. "It's extremely upsetting, considering this isn't the first major outbreak we've seen in our jails in the province," Sarauer said. Sarauer called on minister Christine Tell to resign, based on how the COVID-19 outbreaks at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre and the Regina Correctional Centre were handled. A spokesperson also previously told CBC News new admissions to provincial correctional facilities are quarantined for at least 14 days as a precautionary measure before entering the facilities' population.

Source: CBC News January 02, 2021 22:52 UTC