* Updated: 2 November 2021 at 9:20am EDT *
2,470 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Ontario Provincial Jails and Prisons as of 28 October 2021 *
Prisoners = 1,958 (1 dead)
Staff = 508
Contractor = 4
Total = 2,470
* 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 prison staff in Ontario that have not been publicly disclosed.
INSTITUTIONS AND CASES
Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre
Prisoners = 4
Staff = 2
Total = 6
Central East Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 252
Staff = 15
Total = 267
Central North Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 136 (minus 9 transferred from when the Stratford Jail closed)
Staff = 8
Total = 135
Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
Prisoners = 82
Staff = 50
Total = 132
Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre
Prisoners = 88
Staff = 33
Contractor = 1
Total = 122
Kenora Jail
Prisoners = 10
Staff = 0
Total = 10
Maplehurst Correctional Complex
Prisoners = 306
Staff = 96
Contractor = 1
Total = 403
Milton-Vanier Centre for WomenPrisoners = 60
Staff = 8
Contractor = 1
Total = 69
Monteith Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 42
Staff = 11
Total = 53
Niagara Detention Centre
Prisoners = 17
Staff = 2
Total = 19
North Bay Jail
Prisoners = 33 (-32 prisoners transferred due to 24 June 2021 temporary closure)
Staff = 1
Total = 2
Ontario Correctional Institute
Prisoners = 91
Staff = 27
Total = 118
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
Prisoners = 93
Staff = 13
Total = 106
Quinte Detention Centre
Prisoners = 7
Staff = 0
Total = 7
Sarnia Jail
Prisoners = 53
Staff = 8
Total = 61
South West Detention Centre
Prisoners = 65
Staff = 19
Contractor = 1
Total = 85
St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre
Prisoners = 0
Staff = 2
Total = 2
Stratford Jail
Prisoners = 11
Staff = 2
Total = 13
Sudbury Jail
Prisoners = 2
Staff = 0
Total = 2
* A number of prisoners who contracted COVID-19 at the Sudbury Jail, which was temporarily closed following a October 2021 outbreak, were transferred elsewhere leading to additional transmission at the Central North Correctional Centre (
20 October 2021) and Toronto South Detention Centre (
27 October 2021). These cases are not included in the Sudbury Jail cases above, which preceded the October 2021 outbreak, but are included instead as part of the Central North Correctional Centre and Toronto South Detention Centre figures.
Thunder Bay Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 64
Staff = 22
Total = 86
Thunder Bay Jail
Prisoners = 98
Staff = 44
Total = 142
Toronto East Detention Centre
Toronto South Detention Centre
Prisoners = 398
Staff = 107
Total = 505
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.
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