Pine Grove Correctional Centre

• An intellectually disabled woman needed help. She went to jail instead

  Jessica Stuckey is 24 years old and lives with a permanent intellectual disability. She spent 36 days in a correctional centre because the nearest psychiatric facility was full.

  Investigations

  Dec 20, 2022
  
• 3 of 4 Saskatchewan correctional centres overcapacity

  As of Monday, Pine Grove Correctional Centre was 56 inmates over its operational capacity. Meanwhile, a hunger strike at Pine Grove has renewed scrutiny of facility conditions.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2022
  
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• Sask. prisoner now 3 months into hunger strike over Indigenous inmate conditions

  Faith Eagle’s strike comes with a call for change when it comes to how Indigenous people are treated in Canadian prisons.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2022
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• 33-year-old woman found dead in her cell at Pine Grove Correctional Centre

  A 33-year-old inmate at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre was found unresponsive in her cell this morning. The cause of her death is still under investigation.

  Crime

  Jun 24, 2022
• Saskatchewan inmate dies at Pine Grove Correctional Centre

  Saskatchewan's Ministry of Corrections says a 25-year-old inmate at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert was found unresponsive in her cell on Friday.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2022
• Carbon monoxide leak at Pine Grove Correctional Centre sends inmates, staff to hospital

  A review is underway into the status of carbon monoxide detectors at Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert, according to a government spokesperson.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2022
• 2 charged with 1st-degree murder after 7-month investigation into suspicious death: Sask. RCMP

  Two people have been charged with first-degree murder following a seven-month-long investigation into a suspicious death in Medstead, Sask.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2021
• ‘My saving grace’: Calls for more transitional homes for Saskatchewan inmates

  A former resident of the reintegration unit in Saskatoon praises the home, but says more are needed.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2021
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• Advocate group joins calls for corrections minister’s resignation over handling of COVID-19

  A group of advocates are joining calls for the minister of corrections to resign after inmates at correctional centres in Prince Albert and Saskatoon started refusing meals.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2021
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• Inmates stage hunger strike, call for Saskatchewan corrections minister’s resignation

  Saskatchewan's official Opposition has also renewed its call for Corrections Minister Christine Tell to resign.

  Politics

  Jan 4, 2021