Prisons are vulnerable institutions in terms of the spread of disease, and in the context of a pandemic, prisoners are at particularly high risk compared to the general population. Factors such as an aging prison population, overcrowding, and promiscuity, as well as substance use, create a fertile ground for the spread of the virus. In 2020, more than a quarter of the Canadian prison population that was tested were positive for COVID-19, compared to six percent of the general population. In Quebec, this proportion was 44 percent compared to 12 percent.
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Government of Canada. (January 1, 2021). Rate of positive COVID-19 tests in federal prisons compared to the general population in Canada in 2020, by province [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1081671/rate-covid-19-positive-inmates-compared-canadian-population-province/
Government of Canada. "Rate of positive COVID-19 tests in federal prisons compared to the general population in Canada in 2020, by province." Chart. January 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1081671/rate-covid-19-positive-inmates-compared-canadian-population-province/
Government of Canada. (2021). Rate of positive COVID-19 tests in federal prisons compared to the general population in Canada in 2020, by province. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1081671/rate-covid-19-positive-inmates-compared-canadian-population-province/
Government of Canada. "Rate of Positive Covid-19 Tests in Federal Prisons Compared to The General Population in Canada in 2020, by Province." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1081671/rate-covid-19-positive-inmates-compared-canadian-population-province/
Government of Canada, Rate of positive COVID-19 tests in federal prisons compared to the general population in Canada in 2020, by province Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1081671/rate-covid-19-positive-inmates-compared-canadian-population-province/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Rate of positive COVID-19 tests in federal prisons compared to the general population in Canada in 2020, by province [Graph], Government of Canada, January 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1081671/rate-covid-19-positive-inmates-compared-canadian-population-province/