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Inmate at Saskatchewan Penitentiary dies while in custody
Correctional Service Canada announced an inmate at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert died while in custody. Before his death Friday, Leonard Montgrand had been serving a 1 1/2-year senten...
May 29, 2021
Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate dies of COVID-19 complications
An inmate from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary died outside the hospital after "an apparent result of complications related to COVID-19," the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced Saturday. Thi...
Jan 09, 2021
Prison watchdog raises concerns of ‘culture of impunity’
OTTAWA - Canada’s prison watchdog is raising concerns about the safety, rights and human dignity of prisoners in Canada’s federal corrections system, issues he says stem from a workplace c...
Feb 18, 2020
Inmate who escaped New Year’s Eve turned himself in
The Correctional Service of Canada has confirmed that an inmate who escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary New Year's Eve turned himself in over the weekend at a correctional facility in southern ...
Jan 08, 2019 Steven Briggs' escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary on Dec. 31, 2018. Correctional Service Canada announced he had been re-captured on Jan. 6, 2019. (Correctional Service Canada/Facebook)
Escaped Sask. Penitentiary inmate recaptured
The brief taste of freedom for an escaped convict from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary is over. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) reported Steven Briggs was recaptured in a brief post put up on its Face...
Jan 07, 2019 Steven Briggs' escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary on Dec. 31, 2018. Correctional Service Canada announced he had been re-captured on Jan. 6, 2019. (Correctional Service Canada/Facebook)
Fifth man charged with murder in Sask. prison riot death
A fifth man has been charged with second degree murder in the death of a Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate killed during a riot in late 2016. Police previously announced this month that four men had be...
Jun 29, 2018 The Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. (paNOW file photo)
Charges laid in Sask. prison riot death
Three men have been charged in the death of a 43-year-old inmate who was hurt during a riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. Staff found Jason Bird unresponsive in the prison's mediu...
Jun 25, 2018 Located about one kilometre west of the city of Prince Albert, the Saskatchewan Penitentiary has been in operation since 1911. (paNOW staff)
Correctional Service Canada issues report on 2016 riot
By Bryan Eneas It was 15 months in the making, but Correctional Service Canada (CSC) has released its report on a deadly riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary. The Dec. 14, 2016 riot involved 131 inma...
Mar 27, 2018 Located about one kilometre west of the city of Prince Albert, the Saskatchewan Penitentiary has been in operation since 1911. (paNOW staff)
Advocate calls for replacement of Sask. Penitentiary
By Taylor MacPherson In the wake of a highly critical report on the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, an advocate for the province's inmates recommends the facility be replaced. Canada's correctional investi...
Nov 02, 2017
4 charged in connection with Sask. Penitentiary riot
By Taylor MacPherson Criminal charges have been laid against four federal inmates for their alleged roles in a deadly riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert late last year. On Dec. 14,...
Sep 14, 2017
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