Fischer is currently serving a life term for the 1999 murder of 16-year-old Darci Drefko of Merritt, B.C.
Experts say that inmates are in a vulnerable situation when it comes to the pandemic
There have been several outbreaks in provincially run jails
Contact tracing is underway and testing is being offered at the three federal institutions affected
Visits and programs were also suspended and inmates have been removed from food preparation duties
The result would be fewer people in long-term custody at federal correctional institutions, experts say
Federal correctional investigator Ivan Zinger says there are three known cases of doctor-assisted death in federal prisons
Planned class-action lawsuit alleges illegal strip-searches of federal prisoners