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Only the Regina Correctional Centre didn’t report being overcapacity on any of the days tracked. Provincial data shows three out of four of Saskatchewan’s adult provincial jails have been overcapacity since September, but none more so than the only women’s jail, Pine Grove Correctional Centre. Postmedia requested single-day snapshots of inmate counts for the first … Pine Grove, other Sask. jails consistently overcapacity, provincial data shows

“Programs that can offer intensive support to people in this situation are crucial to reducing and ending cycles of incarceration.” Sydney Wouters is the sole worker delivering the Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan’s post-release aftercare program full-time to women leaving Pine Grove Correctional Centre, the province’s only women’s jail.