N.S. inmates worry housing during COVID-19 could end unless funding extended

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N.S. inmates worry housing during COVID-19 could end unless funding extended
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There has been no recidivism among the 33 people who have used the program.

Lawyer Emma Halpern, representing the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, talks with reporters after a deportation hearing in Dartmouth, N.S. on Sept. 23, 2016.

Several advocacy groups in Nova Scotia say 20 provincial inmates who shifted to community housing during the COVID-19 crisis could lose their residences by the end of the month unless a fresh source of funding can be found.

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