This series consists of records created, accumulated and used between 1891 and 1994 by the Dominion Department of Justice (1891-1906); the Department of the Attorney General (1906-1915); the Saskatchewan 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.

This series consists of records created, accumulated and used by the Saskatchewan Department of Welfare (1966-1972); Department of Social Services (1972-1983); Department of Northern Saskatchewan (1973-1981) and Department of Justice (1983-2000) in the administration of adult probation cases. The case files were maintained by probation officers within a network of regional offices throughout the province. In addition to case files from the standard probation program, the series includes case files of probationers enlisted in the Restitution; Impaired Drivers' Treatment; Bail Verification and Supervision; and Community Service Order programs.

No sub-series have been identified in this series.

The types of records in this series include: probation orders; intake forms; contact summary sheets; requests for pre-sentence reports; pre-sentence reports; criminal history reports from the Canadian Police Information Centre; offender classification profiles; risk assessment reports; anecdotal progress reports; attendance centre reports; review panel reports; applications to alter probation orders; closure sheets; memoranda and correspondence.

This series consists of child protection and family services case files created and used by staff of the Saskatchewan Department of Social Services (and its
predecessors, the Department of Welfare, and the Department of Social Rehabilitation and successors, the Department of Community Resources and Employment and the Department of Community Resources) between 1949 and 2007. Department staff created these files while investigating situations meriting protection intervention, including: child abuse, neglect, abandonment or inadequate supervision; parental alcohol or drug abuse; and parent/teen conflict. This series also includes miscellaneous case files created by staff. These case files often documented preliminary investigations of suspected child protection concerns, but may also include a small number of child care and social assistance files.

No sub-series have been identified in this series.

The types of records in this series include: anecdotal summary reports of visits to clients by staff; memoranda; client registration forms; reports supplied by Mobile Crisis Services Inc.; agreements for foster care; intake recording sheets; case profile reports; transcripts of interviews; court orders and transcripts; psychological and/or psychiatric assessment reports; photocopies of birth certificates; photographs; and audio cassettes.