Click here to read the full open letter at the website of the the Saskatchewan-Manitoba-Alberta Abolition Coalition.
An excerpt:
We are a collective of community members, prisoner advocates, and penal abolitionists who stand in solidarity with prisoners at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre (SCC), where 130 people (107 prisoners; 23 staff) or roughly 20% of the population have tested positive for COVID-19 as of November 30, 2020. We are appalled by this number and by the lack of action taken thus far to address or remedy this crisis. We call for immediate action to address the COVID crisis at SCC, and to prevent a similarly dangerous spread at other institutions in the province.”