Food Strike at Ontario Correctional Institute in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak

Food Strike at Ontario Correctional Institute in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak

Ontario Correctional Institute
April 16, 2020

After a confirmed “outbreak” at the Ontario Correctional Institute, a prisoner spoke to the media and shared that “six inmates had been quarantined at the jail” and also that some number of prisoners were refusing to eat meals in the cafeteria, forcing their meals to be brought to their “ranges” instead.

Citations:

Toronto reports 2,881 cases of COVID-19, 147 deaths“, The Star, April 16, 2020.

 

Article published: 5/1/2020
Header Photo Source: Toronto Star