Adult Correctional Facilities

Corrections Division manages several provincial correctional centres and camps across the province, including:

• multi-level correctional centres in Saskatoon, Prince Albert and Regina for provincially sentenced and remanded male offenders;
• Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert for provincially sentenced and remanded female offenders;
• seven community correctional centres and community training residences, and two correctional camps, for offenders who are rated as low security or of low to moderate risk; and
• 15 community operations offices responsible for supervising offenders on conditional sentence, probation or bail.

In June 2009 a new 90-bed dormitory opened at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre to alleviate the shortage of bed space for low-risk inmates in the facility. The $5.5 million dorm will eventually be converted to replace the existing Saskatoon Urban Camp facility.

Community Operations staff is also involved in targeted crime prevention initiatives in various communities to reduce crime and lower the risk of re-offending. These initiatives are developed in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, the RCMP, municipal police, First Nations and Métis communities, community organizations and other local government representatives. They involve a combination of measures such as public education, intervention, intensive supervision, sharing information to improve supervision of offenders and, where appropriate, rehabilitation programs.

The Corrections Division maintains an agreement with the federal government for the exchange of offenders between jurisdictions. The division also maintains a contract with the Prince Albert Grand Council to operate a Spiritual Healing Lodge housing up to 25 provincial offenders. It works in partnership with Saskatchewan Health to operate the Saskatchewan Impaired Driver Treatment Program in Prince Albert.

Adult Corrections works in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, and treatment, social service and community agencies to develop and implement Therapeutic Courts such as the Domestic Violence courts operating in North Battleford, Saskatoon and Regina.

For answers to some common questions about Adult Corrections please go to the Common Questions page.