Reported COVID-19 Cases Among People Imprisoned in Canadian Federal Penitentiaries in 2022

Reported COVID-19 Cases Among People 

Imprisoned in Canadian Federal Penitentiaries:

March 2020 to End-December 2021 (21.5 months) versus 2022

End-December 2021

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 1,768 (23.6% of total)

End-December 2022 

- New cases reported in 2022 = 5,729 (76.4% of total)

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 7,497

Reported COVID-19 Cases Among People Imprisoned 

in Canadian Federal Penitentiaries in 2022 by Month

End-January 2022

- Newly reported = 1,118

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 2,886

End-February 2022

- Newly reported = 603

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 3,489

End-March 2022

- Newly reported = 601

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 4,090

End-April 2022

- Newly reported = 708

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 4,798

End-May 2022

- Newly reported = 749

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 5,547

End-June 2022

- Newly reported = 64

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 5,611

End-July 2022

- Newly reported = 513

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 6,124

End-August 2022

- Newly reported = 118

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 6,242

End-September 2022

- Newly reported = 233

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 6,475

End-October 2022

- Newly reported = 220

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 6,695

End-November 2022

- Newly reported = 341

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 7,036

End-December 2022

- Newly reported = 459

- Total reported since the beginning of the pandemic = 7,497

Total for 2022 = 5,729

RESEARCH PROJECT AND FUNDING 

The preliminary findings above were 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.