COVID-19 Cases Linked to Saskatchewan Provincial Jails and Prisons

538 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Saskatchewan Provincial Jails and Prisons as of 31 January 2021 *

Prisoners = 426 

Staff = 112

Total = 538

* Data based on figures made publicly available through government, union and media reporting. Due to the quality of the data available, it is possible that there are fewer or additional laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst Saskatchewan provincial prisoners and prison staff that have not been publicly disclosed. 

INSTITUTIONS AND CASES

Kilburn Hall Youth Centre

Prisoners = 2 + 2

Staff = 1 + 1

Total = 6

Sources: CBC News (28 November 2020) | Newstalk 610 CKTB (16 December 2020)

Paul Dojack Youth Centre

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 1 + 1 

Total = 4

Sources: CBC News (28 November 2020) | Newstalk 610 CKTB (16 December 2020)

Pine Grove Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 9

Staff = 5

Total = 14

Source: Saskatoon Star Phoenix (22 January 2021)

Prince Albert Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 87

Staff = 15

Total = 102

Source: PA Herald (19 January 2021)

Prince Albert Youth Residence

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Sources: CBC News (28 November 2020)

Regina Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 141

Staff = 36

Total = 177

Source: PA Herald (19 January 2021)

Saskatoon Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 116 + 67

Staff = 6 + 26 + 18

Total = 233

Sources: CBC News (17 July 2020) | Global News (30 November 2020) | Newstalk 610 CKTB (16 December 2020)

Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford 

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Sources: 620 CKRM (5 January 2021)

RESEARCH PROJECT AND FUNDING 

The data above was compiled as part of the "COVID-19: Investigating Canada's Carceral Response to the Coronavirus through the Prison Pandemic Partnership" (principal investigator: Kevin Walby, PhD - uWinnipeg | co-investigator: Justin Piché, PhD - uOttawa | partner organization: Canadian Civil Liberties Association) project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The partnership project is housed within the Centre for Access to Information and Justice at the University of Winnipeg.