Alberta Jails

• Health-care standards not met at Edmonton Remand, report finds

  A nursing consultant who reviewed records found the province provided poor pain management, inadequate help with drug withdrawal and didn't monitor or record vital signs properly.

  Crime

  Oct 25, 2023
  
• Some Alberta convicts move to house arrest to mitigate COVID-19 risk: official

  Some offenders serving the custody portion of their intermittent sentences on weekends are being moved to house arrest over concerns over the potential spread of COVID-19 in the province's correctional facilities, according to a spokesperson for Alberta Justice.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2020
  
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• Alberta lawyers’ groups call for changes to prison system, early releases amid COVID-19

  Several lawyers groups in the province are calling for sweeping changes to Alberta's prison system, including implementing early releases, to prevent an "impending emergency" due to the spread of COVID-19.

  Health

  Mar 24, 2020
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• Alberta Liberals want public inquiry into drug-related deaths in provincial jails

  The Alberta Liberals want the government to call a public inquiry into all drug-related deaths of inmates in provincial jails since 2012.

  Crime

  Jan 23, 2017