Prison Pandemic Papers – Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Prison Pandemic Partnership
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: COVID-19; Corrections; Jail; Prison; Alternatives to imprisonment; Parole; Probation; Testing; Contact tracing; Screening procedures; Outbreaks; Prisoner counts; Prisoner admissions and discharges; Staffing counts; Decarceration measures; Diversion measures; Health and mental health protocols; Hygiene and cleaning protocols; Social distancing guidelines; Medical isolation; Medical quarantine; Lockdowns; Segregation; Use of force; Incident reports; Visitation; Programming; Institutional communications; Grievances; Health inspections; Labour inspections; Standing orders; Directives; Policy guidelines; Canada; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/43354

This dataset was collected through Access to Information requests submitted to the Government of the Northwest Territories as part of the "COVID-19: Investigating Canada's Carceral Response to the Coronavirus through the Prison Pandemic Partnership" led by Kevin Walby (Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg), Justin Piché (Associate Professor, Criminology, University of Ottawa), and Abby Deshman (Director, Criminal Justice Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association). Initial triage of this dataset was undertaken by Sarah Speight (PhD Candidate, Geography, University of Ottawa) and Justin Piché. The Prison Pandemic Partnership is funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Engage Grant (1008-2020-0238).