Saskatoon Correctional Centre

LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. – A man charged with a triple murder has a history of being a street gang member and committing violence-related offences, according to parole documents. On Jan. 18, Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit charged Nakota Rayne Pooyak, 31, from Sweetgrass First Nation with three counts of second-degree murder. Brent Peters, 66, and his […]

The province is reporting an inmate has died at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre.  A 41-year-old male inmate was declared deceased on Aug.17 at the Men’s Reintegration Unit. He was found unresponsive in the washroom. Corrections staff initiated life-saving measures and called EMS. EMS declared the inmate deceased at 11:07 p.m. The Saskatoon Police Service and the Saskatchewan […]

A Facebook post on the Justice for Regina Correctional Inmates page, says some inmates at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre have begun a hunger strike, along with others at the women’s Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert. They are protesting inadequate precautions and care in regards to COVID-19, and the hunger strikers are also calling […]

A COVID-19 outbreak at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre has forced the province to look at ways to limit the spread of the virus. A total of 85 positive cases have been identified at the facility, 72 offenders and 13 staff members. 72 of those cases were announced on Thursday. Noel Busse with the Ministry of […]

Three more Saskatchewan residents have died as a result of COVID-19. One person was in the 70-79 age range from Saskatoon, and two were in the 80+ age range from the North West. In addition to the three deaths, 299 new cases of COVID-19 are being reported, bringing the provincial total to 7,362. The new […]

A 28-year-old man who was on remand at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre was found unresponsive in his cell and was declared deceased at 1:10 a.m. Monday morning. The Saskatoon Police Service and the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service are investigating. The Ministry of Corrections and Policing are also conducting an internal investigation. The Ministry of Corrections and […]

Another corrections officer at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The Ministry of Corrections and policing made the announcement on Friday making this the sixth staff member to test positive at the centre. The employee has since been told to self-isolate at home. Noel Busse, communications branch executive director, […]

The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU) believes more needs to be done to provide inmate and worker safety at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre. The request comes after multiple rival gang members were involved in a violent incident on Thursday in the prison’s yard. This is just one of several incidents that have […]

Significant incidents at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre has prompted staff to relocate a large amount of inmates within the facility. Approximately 40 per cent of the Saskatoon centre’s population is being reorganized after two fights broke out this week between two rival gangs. The brawls occurred within the yard and a unit in the facility. The pair […]