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Saskatchewan. Dept. of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation
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Inmate Case Files series

  • S 79
  • Series
  • 1891-1994

This series consists of records created, accumulated and used between 1891 and 1994 by the Dominion Department of Justice (1891-1906); the Saskatchewan Department of the Attorney General (1906-1915); the Department of Public Works (1906-1947); the Department of Social Welfare (1947-1949); the Department of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation (1949-1965); the Department of Welfare (1965-1972); the Department of Social Services (1972-1983); and the Department of Justice(1983-1994) for the administration of inmates housed in various correctional facilities throughout the province. These correctional facilities include the Regina Jail (Correctional Centre); the Prince Albert Jail (Correctional Centre); the Battleford Women's Gaol; the Prince Albert Women's Gaol; The Pine Grove Correctional Centre; the North Battleford Community Correctional Centre; and the Saskatoon Correctional Centre. The series consists of case files for each inmate and includes records documenting his/her remand prior to sentencing, incarceration and participation in rehabilitation programs during the term of his/her sentence. Records were maintained by staff at each correctional facility prior to transfer.

No sub-series have been identified in this series.

The types of records in this series include: charge sheets; warrants of committal upon conviction; intake sheets; property inventories; fingerprint charts; warrants remanding a prisoner; behaviour reports; admission and readmission reports; temporary absence permits; fine payment receipts; conditional release permits; community training residence submissions and reports; notices and reports on criminal appeals; and identification photographs.

Saskatchewan. Department of Public Works