COVID-19 Cases Linked to Alberta Provincial Jails and Prisons

 * Updated 1 September 2021 at 2:43pm EDT *

1,697 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Alberta Provincial Jails and Prisons as of 9 June 2021 *

Prisoners = 1,483

Staff = 212

Contractors = 2

Total = 1,697

* 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 additional laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst provincial prisoners and prison staff in Alberta that have not been publicly disclosed. 

INSTITUTIONS AND CASES

Calgary Remand Centre

Prisoners = 504

Staff = 2 + 56

Contractor = 1

Total = 563

Sources: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) | CBC News (17 July 2020) | CBC News (22 December 2020) | Newstalk 1010 (9 March 2021)

Calgary Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 134

Staff = 20 + 8 + 1

Total = 163

Sources: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) | iHeart Radio (31 October 2020) | Calgary Herald (7 November 2020) | Global News (30 November 2020)

Edmonton Remand Centre

Prisoners = 478

Staff = 105

Contractor = 1

Total = 584

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) | Edmonton Journal (21 January 2021)

Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 136

Staff = 9 (1 death on 10 December 2020)

Total = 145

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) | CBC News (11 December 2020) | Sherwood Park News (26 February 2021 | 16 March 2021) | Edmonton Journal (28 March 2021)

Lethbridge Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 21

Staff = 0

Total = 21

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) 

Medicine Hat Remand Centre

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 0

Total = 2

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) 

Peace River Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 110 

Staff = 1 

Total = 111

Sources: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) | CBC News (11 December 2020) | River Country 94.7 FM (21 January 2021) | Reach 96.3 FM (26 February 2021) | Edmonton Journal (28 March 2021)

Red Deer Remand Centre

Prisoners = 98

Staff = 3 + 4 + 3

Total = 108

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) | Red Deer Advocate (15 December 2020 | 21 January 2021 | 12 May 2021) | Red Deer News Now (5 June 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.