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Tag Archives: Saskatoon Correctional Centre
SGEU looking for ‘optional accommodations’ for Saskatoon jail staff amid COVID outbreak
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre is dealing with a major COVID-19 outbreak. The facility is now up to 130 active cases between both offenders and staff. That’s according to Glenn Billingsley, t...
Nov 30, 2020
85 active COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatoon Correctional Centre outbreak
The Saskatchewan government reported 72 new COVID-19 cases located at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on Thursday. There were 299 new cases reported in the province Thursday, a number that included ...
Nov 26, 2020
Advocate for inmates calls on government to scrap Saskatoon jail expansion
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan is leading the charge to have the provincial government change course on a planned expansion at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre. The organization works with...
Jun 25, 2020
More Saskatoon correctional officers test positive for COVID-19
Three more correctional officers at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the facility’s total to five cases. The Ministry of Corrections confirmed the po...
Apr 01, 2020
Two corrections workers test positive for COVID-19 in Saskatoon
In a release issued early Friday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU) said that two corrections officers in Saskatoon have tested positive for COVID-19. The union...
Mar 27, 2020
Saskatoon Correctional Centre inmate being tested for coronavirus
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre is taking extra precautions after an inmate claimed to have come into contact with someone infected with the coronavirus in Alberta or B.C. The inmate and people who ...
Mar 11, 2020
Safety concerns after violence at Saskatoon Correctional Centre
The Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre (SPCC) went into lockdown Monday after two incidents resulted in injuries to four inmates. On Thursday, an 18-year-old inmate was rushed to hospital after ...
Aug 28, 2019
Inmate, 49, found dead at Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre
The Saskatoon Police Service Major Crime Unit (MCU) is investigating a report of a sudden death at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre. Police were called to the Centre just before 6 p.m. Sat...
Oct 09, 2016
Police still searching for escaped inmate from Saskatoon correctional centre
Police remain on the lookout for an inmate who escaped secured custody over the weekend. Travis Clay Funk, 34, went missing from the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre around 2...
Sep 26, 2016
Police arrest 2 in escape attempt at Saskatoon Correctional Centre
Police arrested two men who allegedly tried to escape from the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on Wednesday afternoon. In a media release, police reported that the first inmate never made it off the fac...
Aug 17, 2016
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Sarah Mills: Summer fun begins in school already
With field trips and pool visits, Sarah Mills says June may seem like a different education system, but the month also c...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 9
8:30 - Saskatchewan Trade and Export Development Minister Warren Kaeding joins Evan after leading a trade mission to Chi...