Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Linked to Canadian Carceral Institutions - October 2020

LIST OF INSTITUTIONS IMPACTED AND SOURCES 

337 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to 

Canadian Jails, Prisons and Penitentiaries in October 2020

Federal Prisoners = 0

Provincial-Territorial Prisoners = 237

Total Prisoners = 237

Federal Prison Staff = 10

Provincial-Territorial Prison Staff = 90

Total Prison Staff = 100

Federal / Correctional Service Canada (CSC)

Millhaven Institution

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Source: Kingston Whig-Standard (19 October 2020)

 

Saskatchewan Penitentiary

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Source: Saskatoon Star Phoenix (6 October 2020)

 

Bowden Institution

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 3

Total = 3

Source: CTV News (30 October 2020)

 

Drumheller Institution

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 2

Total = 2

Source: Calgary Herald (31 October 2020)

 

Pê Sâkâstêw Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 3

Total = 3

Source: CBC News (30 October 2020)

Provincial - Quebec

Établissement de détention de Hull

Prisoners = 6

Staff = 9

Total = 15

Source: Gouvernement du Québec

Établissement de détention de Montréal - Bordeaux

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Source: Gouvernement du Québec

Établissement de détention New Carlisle

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: Gouvernement du Québec

Établissement de détention de Rimouski

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 2

Total = 2

Source: Gouvernement du Québec

Établissement de détention de Trois-Rivières

Prisoners = 18

Staff = 15

Total = 33

Source: Radio-Canada - 31 October 2020

Établissement de détention de Sorel-Tracy 

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Source: Gouvernement du Québec

Provincial - Ontario
Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: Sault Online - 19 October 2020

Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre 

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: London Free Press - 21 October 2020

Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: Global News - 26 October 2020

Sarnia Jail

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: The Observer - 31 October 2020

Provincial - Manitoba

Agassiz Youth Centre 

Prisoners = 7

Staff = 1

Total = 8

Source: CBC News (2 November 2020)

 

Brandon Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 3

Total = 3

Source: CBC News (2 November 2020)

 

Headingly Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 74

Staff = 21

Total = 95

Source: CBC News (2 November 2020)

 

Manitoba Youth Centre

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 1

Total = 2

Source: CBC News (2 November 2020)

 

Milner Ridge Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 2

Total = 2

Source: CBC News (2 November 2020)

 

Women’s Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 16

Staff = 3

Total = 19

Source: CBC News (2 November 2020)

 

Winnipeg Remand Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 1

Total = 1

Source: CBC News (2 November 2020)

Provincial - Alberta

Calgary Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 104

Staff = 20

Total = 124

Source: iHeart Radio (31 October 2020)

 

Edmonton Remand Centre

Prisoners = 6

Staff = 7

Total = 13

Source: Edmonton Journal (23 October 2020)

Provincial - British Columbia

Surrey Pretrial Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 3

Total = 3

Source: News 1130 (24 October 2020)

Canadian Jurisdictions without Reported COVID-19 Cases 
Linked to their Jails and Prisons in October 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia

New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Nunavut
Northwest Territories
Yukon

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. The October 2020 figures build upon those gathered by the Anti-Carceral Group.