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Our focus is helping our Country and Customers domestically and globally through this difficult time. Our dedicated employees are proud to safely serve you. A DVOCATES say inmates should have speedy access to the COVID-19 vaccine, given how susceptible prisons and jails have been to outbreaks and how prevalent chronic disease is in that population. "I don't think they should go to the front of the line, but I certainly don't think they should be denied their rightful place in the priority line simply because they're prisoners," said Catherine Latimer, executive director of the John How- ard Society of Canada. The Correctional Service of Canada said that, as of Tues- day, there were a total of 276 active COVID-19 cases in feder- al prisons. The bulk were at Joyceville Institution near Kings- ton, Ont., Stony Mountain Institution near Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan Penitentiary near Prince Albert, Sask. There have also been several outbreaks in provincially run jails. Martha Paynter, a registered nurse in Halifax who pro- vides reproductive care to inmates, said hygiene and ventila- tion in correctional institutions are issues at the best of times. There is also high turnover in remand centres and staff are constantly coming and going, she added. Inmates are "living in this incredibly restrictive experi- ence, but also facing very grave risk of illness transmission," said Paynter, a doctoral candidate at Dalhousie University. Inmates 50 and older account for one-quarter of the feder- al prison population. Advocates note people age faster behind bars and are in poorer health than the general public. "Of course this population should have very quick access to the vaccines," said Paynter, who added that some might not trust the shots due to bad experiences with health care behind bars. Anita Ho, associate professor in bioethics and health ser- vices research at the University of British Columbia, noted Indigenous people are disproportionately represented in the corrections system. "In general, health among Indigenous peoples in Canada, because of various social determinants of health, are poorer to start with," she said. The National Advisory Committee on Immunizations rec- ommends adult Indigenous communities be included in Stage 1 of vaccine delivery. It recommends congregate settings, in- cluding correctional facilities, be included in Stage 2. The Correctional Service of Canada, which is responsible for providing health services for inmates in its care, says in a state- ment it is aligning its strategy with the national guidelines. "CSC has worked very closely with the Public Health Agency of Canada to respond to every aspect of the pandem- ic, including the provision of vaccines to inmates." Priority groups such as long-term care residents and health- care workers began receiving doses earlier this month. Dr. Joss Reimer, medical health officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, said criteria for who gets the vac- cine in Manitoba in the new year will be expanded to include "correctional facilities," but did not specify whether that would be inmates, staff or both. University of Toronto bioethicist Kerry Bowman said there was a consensus about who would receive the first batch of vaccines, but determining who should be next is trickier. He said it's not clear whether the goal of the second phase will be to boost the economy or to reach more vulnerable people. - The Canadian Press Inmates need speedy COVID-19 vaccine: advocates MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Headingley Correctional Centre is among the several provincially run jails across the country that have had COVID-19 outbreaks. A_09_Dec-26-20_FP_01.indd A9 2020-12-25 9:39 PM ;