* Updated: 2 February 2022 at 1:05pm ET *
5,123 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Ontario Provincial Jails and Prisons as of 31 January 2022 *
Prisoners = 4,004 (2 dead)
Staff = 1,115
Contractor = 4
Total = 5,123
* 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 prison staff in Ontario that have not been publicly disclosed.
INSTITUTIONS AND CASES
Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre
Prisoners = 33
Staff = 20
Total = 53
Brockville Jail
Prisoners = 2
Staff = 24
Total = 26
Central East Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 670 (minus 2 transferred from when the Brockville Jail closed)
Staff = 32
Total = 700
Central North Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 338 (minus 9 transferred from when the Stratford Jail closed)
Staff = 28
Total = 357
Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre
Prisoners = 232
Staff = 95
Total = 327
Fort Frances Jail
Prisoners = 1
Staff = 0
Total = 1
Hamilton Wentworth Detention Centre
Prisoners = 150
Staff = 74
Contractor = 1
Total = 225
Kenora Jail
Prisoners = 116
Staff = 14
Total = 130
Maplehurst Correctional Complex
Prisoners = 475
Staff = 154
Contractor = 1
Total = 630
Milton-Vanier Centre for WomenPrisoners = 87
Staff = 24
Contractor = 1
Total = 112
Monteith Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 47
Staff = 15
Total = 62
Niagara Detention Centre
Prisoners = 64
Staff = 40
Total = 104
North Bay Jail
Prisoners = 32 + 120 (-32 prisoners transferred due to 24 June 2021 temporary closure)
Staff = 42
Total = 162
Ontario Correctional Institute
Prisoners = 106
Staff = 33
Total = 139
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
Prisoners = 177
Staff = 39
Total = 216
Quinte Detention Centre
Prisoners = 47
Staff = 31
Total = 78
Sarnia Jail
Prisoners = 91
Staff = 32
Total = 123
South West Detention Centre
Staff = 53
Contractor = 1
Total = 174
St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre
Prisoners = 4
Staff = 2
Total = 6
Stratford Jail
Prisoners = 9 + 3 (minus 9 transferred due to 22 February 2021 temporary closure)
Staff = 3
Total = 6
Sudbury Jail
Prisoners = 64
Staff = 18
Total = 82
* A number of prisoners who contracted COVID-19 at the Sudbury Jail, which was temporarily closed following a October 2021 outbreak, were transferred elsewhere leading to additional transmission at the Central North Correctional Centre (
20 October 2021) and Toronto South Detention Centre (
27 October 2021). These cases are not included in the Sudbury Jail cases above, which preceded the October 2021 outbreak, but are included instead as part of the Central North Correctional Centre and Toronto South Detention Centre figures.
Thunder Bay Correctional Centre
Prisoners = 74
Staff = 24
Total = 98
Thunder Bay Jail
Prisoners = 188
Staff = 81
Total = 269
Toronto East Detention Centre
Toronto South Detention Centre
Prisoners = 631
Staff = 172
Total = 803
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.
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