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Prince Albert Daily Herald Cory Cardinal, right, and Sherri Maier demonstrated outside Pine Grove on April 13 to appeal for better conditions for the inmates inside. (Peter Lozinski/Daily Herald) Advocates travelled to Pine Grove Institution in Prince Albert Tuesday to show solidarity with a group of women prisoners on a hunger strike calling for better conditions. Pine Grove is Saskatchewan’s only women’s prison. Women at the institution began a hunger strike over a week ago and said they wanted changes to address concerns about reduced access to medical care and inadequate rehabilitative programs. According to the province, some of the participating inmates have “expressed complaints on a number of issues,” including court delays caused by the pandemic, COVID restrictions within the jail, gang placements and canteen selection.

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