COVID-19 Cases Linked to Alberta Provincial Jails and Prisons

* Updated 1 April 2021 4:15pm EST *

1,577 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Alberta Provincial Jails and Prisons as of 31 March 2021 *

Prisoners = 1,006 

Staff = 209

Contractors = 2

Unspecified = 360

Total = 1,577

* 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 provincial prisoners and prison staff in Alberta that have not been publicly disclosed. 

INSTITUTIONS AND CASES

Calgary Remand Centre

Prisoners = 4 + 335

Staff = 2 + 56

Contractor = 1

Unspecified = 179

Total = 577

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

Calgary Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 104 + 8 + 41

Staff = 20 + 8 + 1

Total = 182

Sources: iHeart Radio (31 October 2020) | Calgary Herald (7 November 2020) | Global News (30 November 2020)

Edmonton Remand Centre

Prisoners = 455

Staff = 105

Contractor = 1

Total = 561

Source: Edmonton Journal (21 January 2021)

Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 37

Staff = 9 (1 death on 10 December 2020)

Unspecified = 87

Total = 133

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

Lethbridge Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: CBC News (11 December 2020)

Peace River Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 1 

Staff = 1 

Unspecified = 94

Total = 96

Sources: 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 = 2 + 18

Staff = 3 + 4

Total = 27

Source: Red Deer Advocate (15 December 2020) | Red Deer Advocate (21 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.