Stony Mountain correctional officers rally for blood drive
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STONY Mountain Institution correctional officers celebrated a five-day blood drive with a mass donation event Tuesday.
What was to be an annual event was first put together in 2019 but cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Loosened restrictions brought officers together again this year, Union of Canadian Correctional Officers local president Justin Kelsch said outside of the Canadian Blood Services building in Winnipeg, site of the blood drive.
“There’s some people that are still scared to get out, but the people that were here last time are here again,” he said.
The last blood drive drew around 45 officers, a number Kelsch said organizers were hoping to match before Friday.
Kelsch said he hoped the event would inspire solidarity between Stony Mountain correctional officers after dealing with the one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in a federal prison in Canada.
“We’re not just officers behind the walls, we’re not just the hidden gems, we are out in the community and we are good people,” he said. “We want to give back to the community, just as we want people to give back to us, too, some respect.”
COVID-19 had a devastating effect on Stony Mountain Institution’s population, with around half of its inmates contracting the coronavirus, including one death.
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