Ontario has begun training 144 new correctional officers to increase staffing levels at the province's correctional facilities, enhance program delivery and improve staff and inmate safety. These new ...

On Thursday afternoon, Solicitor General Michael Kerzner unveiled the new $3-billion strategy amidst growing capacity ...

For years, Ontario has sat on legislation meant to tackle chronic problems inside its jails — with laws passed years ago left ...

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BROCKVILLE — Ontario is making strategic investments in public safety and strengthening justice services by modernizing the adult correctional system across Eastern Ontario. New construction and ...

TORONTO, July 25, 2023 /CNW/ - Workers in correctional institutions, probation and parole offices and youth justice facilities across Ontario are wearing the word "Respect" at work today, marking ...

TORONTO, June 25, 2025 /CNW/ - Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé today called on the province to take urgent action to address a "growing crisis" in its overcrowded correctional facilities. Ombudsman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New data shows jails across Ontario are operating well above capacity. Eighty per cent of the correctional institutions tracked by ...

OTTAWA - Ontario's Corrections Ministry has opened a formal disciplinary proceeding after receiving a report on the case of a baby born on the floor of an Ottawa jail last fall. OTTAWA - Ontario's ...

Ontario’s correctional officers are bracing for a potential strike, and if it ends up being anything like the 51-day labour dispute of 2002, life inside the province’s jails could become exceedingly ...

TORONTO — Ontario’s correctional workers have given up their right to strike in the latest round of contract negotiations with the government. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the ...