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

 * Updated 27 February 2022 at 1:40pm ET *

1,872 Reported COVID-19 Cases Linked to Saskatchewan Provincial Jails and Prisons as of the end of February 2022 *

Prisoners = 1,444 

Staff = 608

Total = 2,052

* The Government of Saskatchewan announced in early-February 2022 that they would no longer be sharing data concerning confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst provincial prisoners and prison staff (see Saskatoon StarPhoenix - 7 February 2022). The data below is based on figures previously made publicly available through government 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 Saskatchewan that have not been publicly disclosed.

INSTITUTIONS AND CASES

Regina Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 573

Staff = 172

Total = 745

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Saskatoon Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 380

Staff = 162

Total = 542

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Prince Albert Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 351

Staff = 122

Total = 473

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Pine Grove Correctional Centre

Prisoners = 107

Staff = 57

Total = 164

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre

Prisoners = 1

Staff = 10

Total = 11

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Bernard Lake Correctional Camp

Prisoners = 2

Staff = 4

Total = 6

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford 

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 15

Total = 15

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Paul Dojack Youth Centre

Prisoners = 11

Staff = 21

Total = 32

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Kilburn Hall Youth Centre

Prisoners = 12

Staff = 27

Total = 39

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Prince Albert Youth Residence

Prisoners = 4

Staff = 16

Total = 20

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 2022)

Drumming Hill Youth Centre

Prisoners = 0

Staff = 2

Total = 2

Source: Saskatoon StarPhoenix (7 February 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.