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Thirty-three guards at the Joliette Institution, a federal penitentiary for women located north of Montreal, have tested positive for the coronavirus.

The union that represents the guards released the information on Thursday.

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“Everyone that has been in contact with these people have been tested,” the Syndicat des agents correctionnels du Canada stated in the release.

A company specialized in disinfecting buildings has been hired to clean the penitentiary, located 75 kilometres north of Montreal, on a daily basis. Guards from other penitentiaries have been brought in to replace staff who have tested positive.

On Wednesday, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) reported that 10 inmates at the Joliette Institution have tested positive for the coronavirus out of 16 who were tested.

The union called on Public Safety Minister Bill Blair to have more tests done in all of Canada’s penitentiaries.