Institutional In Reach
Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan works within the institutions of Saskatchewan to provide support and monitor the conditions of confinement.
- Provincial Institution In Reach
- Our Institutional In-Reach Program is designed to provide comprehensive support to provincially sentenced and remanded women and gender-diverse individuals at Pine Grove Correctional Centre and Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford. Through this program, our dedicated staff and students regularly visit these institutions to conduct intakes, offer support, provide resources, and make referrals. Additionally, we monitor the conditions of confinement to ensure they meet the required standards and advocate for improvements when concerns are raised
- Federal Institution In Reach
- In collaboration with the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Society’s we provide support services, referrals, and advocacy for federally sentenced women and gender-diverse folks in the Regional Psychiatric Centre, and The Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge.
Court Services
- Court Support
- Court support is tailored to each individual women and their needs. Our court support workers can:
- Assist in understanding the court process such as bail, prelims, or trial
- Talk to lawyers about their clients matters to help the client better understand and what they can expect in court.
- Attend court as a support (when notice is given)
- Attend first appearances to provide support to new arrests.
- Court support is tailored to each individual women and their needs. Our court support workers can:
- Bail Support
- Our court support workers provide comprehensive assistance to individuals navigating the pre-trial process. Our dedicated court workers collaborate closely with defendants to craft personalized release plans tailored to their specific needs and circumstances. This includes verifying addresses, facilitating connections to essential community resources such as housing, employment, and counseling services, and composing support letters to attest to the individual’s commitment to complying with court requirements. Our aim is to empower individuals to successfully navigate the legal system while fostering community engagement and support.
- Record Suspensions
- We are proud to offer assistance for female and/or gender diverse folks applying to suspend their criminal record. This suspension (or pardon) does not erase the record permanently, but ensures it is kept separate from others. When someone searches the CPIC database for your criminal record, none will be found.
- In order to be eligible, you must have completed all of your sentences, which includes: all fines, surcharges, sentences of imprisonment, conditional sentences, include parole and statutory release and any probation order(s).
- You must have completed the appropriate waiting period:
- Before June 29, 2010
- -5 years for an offense prosecuted by indictment
- -3 years for an offense punishable on summary conviction
- After June 29, 2010
- -10 years for an offense prosecuted by indictment.
- -5 years for an offense punishable on summary conviction
- Before June 29, 2010
Reintegration
- Community Reintegration Program:
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The Community Reintegration Program provides supports for women and gender diverse folks who are being released from custody. Our Reintegration Workers can provide support in creating plans for their release by getting them connected to support and services in their home community. This support can look like:
- Referrals for programs (parenting, addictions, cultural and supportive living
- Confirm release address.
- Setting appointments with supports (counselling, doctors, ect)
- Booking in person or phone appointments with EFSK workers to help them stay on track and continue the relationship with client.
- Write support letters detailing their plan and how EFSK can/will support them following their release.
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The Community Reintegration Program provides supports for women and gender diverse folks who are being released from custody. Our Reintegration Workers can provide support in creating plans for their release by getting them connected to support and services in their home community. This support can look like:
Addictions Supports
- Women’s Intensive Outpatient Program- Saskatoon
- In collaboration with Possibilities Recovery Center
- The Women’s Intensive Outpatient Program (WIOP) program is a 16-week intensive out-patient treatment program in collaboration with Possibilities Recovery Center. The purpose of this program is to educate, support, and assist women and gender-diverse folks with substance use disorders that have current or previous involvement with the criminal legal system. This program not only provides addictions programing, but also engages participants in case management to ensure that they have the wrap around supports to set them up for success. This program includes group programming four days a week for 3 hours, 1 on 1 counselling with an addictions counsellor and working with a program support worker from EFS SK. Participants in this program will also have access to programs that EFSK has to offer such as court support, free clothing, parenting classes, women’s sharing circle and others.
Housing
- Sober Living Program- Regina
- In Collaboration with Susan Ulmer Addiction Services
- EFSK offers a Sober Living program for eligible women and gender diverse folks who are looking for a specialized supportive addiction program and sober living. Housing can be provided on a conditional base until the participant graduates from the program. Sober Living program is open to women and gender diverse folks who are impacted by substance use recovery, are being release on bail or on reintegration leave that need additional well-being supports in order to achieve their recovery and housing goals.
- Wikowin Supportive Housing
- The Wikowin Supportive Housing project provides support to women and gender diverse folks who have been experiencing homelessness who have issues within the criminal justice system. The goal of this project is to establish a safe, stable and inclusive housing environment where participants can access the vital programing and support to foster resiliency and skills to build a healthy life.
Women’s Services
- Community Outreach
- Our community outreach program offers vital support to vulnerable women in the community by providing resources, guidance and a sense of safety to overcome challenges they may be facing. Our community outreach worker can provide the following support:
- Provide transportation to meetings and/appointments.
- Can attend these appointments with client provide
- Arrange beds and transport clients to shelters and detox.
- Be in community handing out program information, care packages and snacks.
- Pick up and deliver foodbank hampers to clients.
- Attend community resource fairs.
- Pick up donations from community members.
- Our community outreach program offers vital support to vulnerable women in the community by providing resources, guidance and a sense of safety to overcome challenges they may be facing. Our community outreach worker can provide the following support:
- Drop-in-Saskatoon
- Tuesday-Thursday 9:00AM-12:00PM
- Those who attend our drop in center will receive assistance from the Outreach Worker with setting and meeting their individual goals. This can include assistance with housing, connection to community resources, self-advocacy and making healthy life choices. The outreach worker assists clients with housing applications, program referrals, entry into detox facilities or addiction programs, support with applying for Income Assistance etc.
- Cultural Programing
- Sharing Circle-Saskatoon:
- Every Other Wednesday 5:00PM-7:00PM
- Our Sharing Circle is a safe space for women and gender diverse folks to come and share what is on their mind, anything they are struggling with or part of their stories. This program is co-facilitated with our cultural peer support worker and an elder from the community. The program goes as follows:
- Smudge
For those who would like to, we use sage and other medicines when available and engage in a smudge ceremony to cleanse the energy before we begin to share. - Share
There will be a topic at each sharing circle and you are also invited to share what you feel comfortable with. - Craft
When we are finished sharing and if time permits we will be doing all sorts of crafts like beading, painting and some sewing
- Smudge
- Beading Classes-Saskatoon
- We host pop up beading classes led by our cultural peer support worker. Different types of beading and stitches are taught to a group.
- Ribbon Skirt and Ribbon Shirt Classes-Saskatoon
- We host pop up sewing classes for participants to make ribbon skirts and shirts.
- Our Sharing Circle is a safe space for women and gender diverse folks to come and share what is on their mind, anything they are struggling with or part of their stories. This program is co-facilitated with our cultural peer support worker and an elder from the community. The program goes as follows:
- Clothing Café-Saskatoon
- Third Thursday each Month
- Our Clothing Café provides women and those who identify as female with a safe space where they can comfortably browse through clothing and shoes, creating a genuine shopping experience without the cost. The Clothing Café is held monthly on the third Thursday of the month.
- Appointments can be created by contacting our Community Outreach Worker for those requiring specific clothing items for emergencies, job interviews, court dates, newly released etc.
