A 31-year-old man has been charged with second degree murder at the Regina Correctional Centre earlier this week. An altercation between two men at the correctional centre led to serious injuries for 46-year-old Sheldon Rosebluff. He was attended to by jail staff but pronounced dead by EMS on scene. Adrian Cote made his first appearance […]
White Butte police have charged a man in relation to an assault involved a guard and an inmate at the Regina Correctional Centre. Janith Rajamanthri of Winnipeg, 29, has been charged with an assault that happened Feb. 25, 2022. The centre is in the jurisdiction of the White Butte RCMP. The investigation and consultation involved […]
Wednesday night, an incident at the Regina Correctional Centre left eight staff members and three inmates injured. The Ministry of Corrections, Policing, and Public Safety confirmed the ‘isolated incident’ involved inmates on one unit at the Correctional Centre. The Ministry said that corrections staff responded to a ‘disturbance’ and brought the situation under control. All […]
A 32-year-old man was found unresponsive and later declared deceased by EMS in his cell at the Regina Correctional Centre on Thursday. In a news release the province says the inmate was found unresponsive in his cell around 2:10 p.m. RCMP and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service are now conducting an investigation. An internal investigation is […]
The outbreak of COVID-19 at the Regina jail has reportedly almost doubled in size. The SGEU says numbers on Wednesday show 115 inmates and 20 staff have tested positive. That compares to 57 inmates and 13 staff on Tuesday. The union wants inmates, correctional workers and those working at young offender facilities to be prioritized […]
The Saskatchewan government is warning the public of a man who was mistakenly released from custody on March 9, 2021 from the Regina Correctional Centre. In a release from the government on Wednesday, 49-year-old Codie Tobie Cardinal was released from remand after appearing in court in Estevan via video conference. He was released due to […]
An investigation is underway after a 38-year-old inmate died Monday afternoon at the Regina Correctional Centre. The inmate was found in medical distress in a holding cell in the admissions area. While calls were made immediately, attempts by EMS to save the man were unsuccessful. The death is not COVID-19 related. The name of the […]
The SGEU says the Regina jail has been hit with a COVID-19 outbreak that could hit them as hard as one at the Saskatoon jail. The union says there are 60 inmates who have been infected to go along with three staff. The Ministry of Corrections says that number is a little high as they […]
Four offenders and two staff members at the Regina Correctional Centre have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Wednesday, according to Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Christine Tell. Providing the update to reporters on Thursday, the last day of the fall session at the Saskatchewan Legislature, she noted how the offenders that tested […]
