Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says "hundreds" of federal inmates were QUIETLY released amidst a COVID-19 outbreak National News | April 20, 2020 by Lindsay Richardson  Just like Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says “hundreds” of federal inmates were quietly released amidst a COVID-19 outbreak in several government-run institutions. Speaking at a news briefing in Ottawa, Blair wanted to assure Canadians the government, Correctional Services Canada (CSC), and the Parole Board took “a number of very significant steps” to ensure the health and safety of the inmate populations. “[Corrections officials] have been working hard to make sure those individuals are considered for early release, and literally hundreds of people have, in fact, been placed back into the community,” he explained. “But it’s done in a very careful and supervised way because public safety is our first priority,” Blair added.....  cont..... I like how it was done "quietly, carefully and supervised....to protect the public" (said public by the way are unable to defend their own families, themselves or their homes with lethal force if any intruder breaks in, without said public person being immediately arrested, put in jail until a trial is held and put on trial, then sentenced or freed). https://aptnnews.ca/2020/04/20/hundreds-of-inmates-quietly-released-from-federal-prisons-over-covid-19-fears-blair/