A view of the fenceline at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Nigel Maxwell
A riot at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre last January resulted in over $500,000 in damages, and will take up to a year to repair, according to evidence heard at Prince Albert Provincial Court.
Kenny Morin, 21, one of five men charged after the incident, received a 45 day sentence after entering a guilty plea to participation in a riot.The incident on Jan. 4, 2021, required the assistance of both the Prince Albert Police Service and the Prince Albert Fire Department.
A source close to the incident, described for paNOW a very chaotic scene that started when the inmates breached the staff office in the gang range.While no one was transported to hospital by ambulance, paNOW was informed at least one staff member was injured after the glass shattered in her face. When Morin’s sentencing hearing was started on April 7, Crown Prosecutor Elizabeth Addabor described in cour