Adult Corrections Services

700-1874 Scarth St., Regina SK S4P 4B3
Phone: (306) 787-3490

The Adult Corrections Division administers the sentences of offenders who are imprisoned for sentences of up to two years less a day, who are on remand, serving intermittent or weekend sentences, or who are under community supervision, such as probation, fine option or community service order.

The Division ensures offenders are held directly accountable to the individual or community affected by the criminal act. It recognizes that offenders can take responsibility for their actions, and provides victims with access to correctional processes that allows them to shape the obligations of offenders.

Experience has shown that simply putting offenders in jail is not effective. Adult Corrections uses a balance of rehabilitation and supervision to encourage offenders not to re-offend. Staff members employ a case management process to identify the risks posed by offenders. The process also identifies what offenders need to avoid re-offending, and provides rehabilitation and correctional programming to help reduce risks and address the offender's needs.

The Division contributes to safe communities by administering a range of controls and re-integration opportunities for offenders. It encourages communities to become directly involved in supporting victims, holding offenders accountable and providing opportunities to offenders to re-integrate into the community. Re-integration respects the concerns of victims, and is carried out in a reasonable and safe manner.

In 2009 the provincial government announced an action plan to improve the correctional system that includes:

• Allocating $87 million to build a new remand centre in Saskatoon;
• Spending $9.4 million to upgrade security equipment at all secure facilities;
• Investing in staff training and development;
• Increasing intelligence and security capacity, and improving intelligence sharing with police partners; and
• Implementing new information systems.

The provincial government also agreed to fund a full-time drug dog team that will conduct periodic, random searches of correctional facilities. Through an agreement between the Ministry and Regional Health Authorities, another new initiative will invest almost $1 million in addictions treatment for adult and young offenders. In Saskatchewan, approximately 80 percent of offenders in custody and 60 percent of offenders under community supervision have serious problems resulting from frequent substance abuse.