Health order sending Manitoba woman to jail for tuberculosis treatment ‘wildly excessive’: lawyer – CBC
Dec 02, 2024
Geraldine Mason was apprehended under Public Health Act, spent month in jail after missing TB medication
A woman from northern Manitoba with no criminal charges spent a month in jail after public health officials ordered her detained to treat her tuberculosis, even though she wasn’t infectious at the time.
Geraldine Mason, 36, was arrested under the Public Health Act on Oct. 27 and initially ordered to spend three months at the Winnipeg Remand Centre or Women’s Correctional Centre.
Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tuberculosis-treatment-jail-winnipeg-1.7397568
