The 72-year-old detainee died on Tuesday at the Bordeaux provincial jail in the north end of the city, the groups said
Ted Rutland, a member of the Anti-Carceral Group, a Montreal-based prisoners’ rights organization, said Quebec should release more prisoners to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading inside cramped facilities where social distancing is difficult.Vulnerable detainees, such as the elderly and those with health conditions and detainees who are approaching the end of their sentences or who have not been convicted of a crime should be prioritized, Rutland said.
“Of course, we cannot avoid all cases because those are [close living quarters],” Guilbault told reporters. Montminy said Guilbault issued an order on May 6 to allow vulnerable prisoners and those who had less than 30 days left on their sentence to be released.But Jean-Louis Nguyen, whose partner is currently detained at Bordeaux, said few prisoners meet the current criteria for release.
His partner as well as other families also have complained that COVID-19 tests are not being administered to enough prisoners, Nguyen said.
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