COVID-19 Cases Linked to Alberta Provincial Jails and Prisons (end-December 2021)

* Updated 17 January 2022 at 6:35pm ET *

2,454 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Alberta Provincial Jails and Prisons as of the end of December 2021 *

Prisoners = 2,021 adults + 12 youth

Staff = 419

Contractors = 2

Total = 2,454

* 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 = 489

Staff = 85

Contractor = 1

Total = 575

Source: Edmonton Journal (17 January 2022)

Calgary Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 121

Staff = 47

Total = 168

Source: Edmonton Journal (17 January 2022)

Edmonton Remand Centre

Prisoners = 861

Staff = 153

Contractor = 1

Total = 1,015

Source: Edmonton Journal (17 January 2022)

Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 140

Staff = 56 (1 death on 10 December 2020)

Total = 196

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) 

Lethbridge Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 79

Staff = 13

Total = 92

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) 

Medicine Hat Remand Centre

Prisoners = 8

Staff = 4

Total = 12

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) 

Peace River Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 229 

Staff = 23 

Total = 252

Source: Edmonton Journal (17 January 2022)

Red Deer Remand Centre

Prisoners = 68

Staff = 20

Total = 88

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) 

Calgary Young Offender Centre and Adult Female Annex

Prisoners = 13 adults + 4 youth

Staff = 7

Total = 24

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 June 2021) 

Edmonton Young Offender Centre

Prisoners = 13 adults + 8 youth

Staff =11

Total = 32

Source: Edmonton Journal (13 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.