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 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.

This series consists of a sample of Saskatchewan Assistance Plan (SAP) case files created and used primarily by staff of the Social Services Division of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan (but also the Department of Social Services, the Department of Welfare, and the Department of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation) between 1954 and 1982. Department staff created these files in the provision of financial assistance through the Saskatchewan Assistance Plan (prior to 1966 known as Social Aid) to residents of Saskatchewan in accordance to The Saskatchewan Assistance Act (and its predecessor enactment, The Social Aid Act). The series also consists of a small volume of Old Age Security Supplemental Allowance (OASSA) case file records. The OASSA program was discontinued in 1968 at which time recipients received assistance from the SAP and the federal Old Age Security Program.

No sub-series have been identified in this series.

The types of records in this series include: anecdotal client summary reports by staff; applications for assistance; transient aid authorization forms; applications for temporary health care coverage; declaration of circumstances forms; public assistance assessments; trustee's agreement forms; requisitions for goods and services; face sheets; client index registrations; means test decision sheets; file allotment slips; memoranda; and correspondence.