COVID-19 Cases Linked to Saskatchewan Provincial Jails and Prisons

 * Updated 28 May 2021 at 11:05pm EST *

1,052 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Saskatchewan Provincial Jails and Prisons as of 27 May 2021 *

Prisoners = 825 

Staff = 227

Total = 1,052

* Data based on figures made publicly available through government 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 provincial prisoners and prison staff in Saskatchewan that have not been publicly disclosed. 

INSTITUTIONS AND CASES

Regina Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 463

Staff = 121

Total = 584

Source: CBC News (3 May 2021)

Saskatoon Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 200

Staff = 60

Total = 260

Source: CBC News (3 May 2021)

Prince Albert Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 104

Staff = 17

Total = 121

Source: PA Now (25 May 2021)

Pine Grove Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 29 + 12

Staff = 8 + 5

Total = 54

Source: CBC News (3 May 2021) | CBC News (27 May 2021) | CTV News (27 May 2021)

Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: CBC News (3 May 2021)

Bernard Lake Correctional Camp

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: CBC News (3 May 2021)

Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford 

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Source: CBC News (3 May 2021)

Paul Dojack Youth Centre

Prisoners = 7

Staff = 4

Total = 11

Source: CBC News (3 May 2021)

Kilburn Hall Youth Centre

Prisoners = 6

Staff = 5

Total = 11

Source: CBC News (3 May 2021)

Prince Albert Youth Residence

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 4

Total = 6

Source: CBC News (3 May 2021)

Drumming Hill Youth Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 2

Total = 2

Source: CBC News (3 May 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.