COVID-19 Cases Linked to Alberta Provincial Jails and Prisons (end-February 2022)

 * Updated 27 February 2022 at 1:55pm ET *

3,015 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Alberta Provincial Jails and Prisons as of the end of February 2022 *

Prisoners = 2,543 adults + 19 youth

Staff = 451

Contractors = 2

Total = 3,015

* Data based on figures made publicly available through government, union and media reporting. Due to the quality of the data available (e.g. the last cases linked to Alberta provincial jails and prisons were reported by the Edmonton Journal on 28 January 2022), 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 + 26

Staff = 85 + 9

Contractor = 1

Total = 610

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

Calgary Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 121 + 9

Staff = 47 + 4

Total = 181

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

Edmonton Remand Centre

Prisoners = 861 + 413

Staff = 153 + 8

Contractor = 1

Total = 1,436

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 140 + 68

Staff = 56 + 3 (1 death on 10 December 2020)

Total = 267

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

Lethbridge Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 79 + 3

Staff = 13

Total = 95

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

Medicine Hat Remand Centre

Prisoners = 8 + 3

Staff = 4 + 2

Total = 17

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

Peace River Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 229 

Staff = 23 + 3

Total = 255

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

Red Deer Remand Centre

Prisoners = 68

Staff = 20

Total = 88

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

Calgary Young Offender Centre and Adult Female Annex

Prisoners = 13 adults + 11 youth

Staff = 10

Total = 34

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

Edmonton Young Offender Centre

Prisoners = 13 adults + 8 youth

Staff =11

Total = 32

Source: Edmonton Journal (28 January 2022)

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.