Youth home abuse settlements hit $2.9 million, 44 outstanding claims remaining

The Saskatchewan government has continued to quietly settle sexual and physical abuse claims filed by people who spent time in a Regina youth jail between the 1970s and 1990s.
As of the end of 2018, 57 individual claimants had received settlements totalling $2.9 million — an average of a little over $50,000 — and 44 unsettled claims remained in the system.
The victims were teenagers at the time of the alleged abuse at what is now called the Paul Dojack Youth Centre. Many went on to l