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

* Updated 3 January 2022 at 9:10am ET *

1,177 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Saskatchewan Provincial Jails and Prisons as of the end of December 2021 *

Prisoners = 924 

Staff = 253

Total = 1,177

* Data based on figures made publicly available through government and media reporting. Due to the quality of the data available (e.g. the last data available is from media reporting on 17 November 2021), it is possible that there are fewer or additional laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst provincial prisoners and prison staff in Saskatchewan that have not been publicly disclosed. 

INSTITUTIONS AND CASES

Regina Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 511 + 9

Staff = 126 + 5

Total = 651

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 2021 | 17 November 2021)

Saskatoon Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 184 + 31

Staff = 61 + 2

Total = 271

Source: Saskatoon Star Phoenix (26 August 2021  | 17 November 2021) | CBC News (17 November 2021)

Prince Albert Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 126

Staff = 25

Total = 151

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 2021)

Pine Grove Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 46

Staff = 16

Total = 62

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 2021)

Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 2021)

Bernard Lake Correctional Camp

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 0

Total = 1

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 2021)

Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford 

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 2

Total = 2

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 2021)

Paul Dojack Youth Centre

Prisoners = 7

Staff = 5

Total = 12

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 2021)

Kilburn Hall Youth Centre

Prisoners = 6

Staff = 5

Total = 11

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 2021)

Prince Albert Youth Residence

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 4

Total = 6

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 2021)

Drumming Hill Youth Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 2

Total = 2

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (26 August 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.