Ontario to add 2,500 new jail beds, reopen 2 jails at cost of $3B to taxpayers

Ontario will expand its vastly overcrowded jails by 2,500 beds over the next 10 years at a cost of $3 billion to the ...

Ontario plans massive jail expansion, internal government documents show

Ontario plans to add nearly 6,000 jail beds by 2050, documents obtained by University of Ottawa researchers through ...
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Ontario to Add More Than 2,500 Jail Beds in $3 Billion Correctional Expansion Plan

Province says investment will support tougher bail measures and rising correctional demands TORONTO — The Ontario government ...

Ontario's law to transform jails is 'collecting dust.' A new bill aims to hold the province's feet to the fire

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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Inmates in Hamilton, Ontario jail hold week-long hunger strike against deplorable conditions

Around 180 prison inmates in the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre in southern Ontario recently conducted a week-long hunger strike against what they called “sickening” and deteriorating conditions.
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Solving Ontario’s prison overcapacity crisis

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts are warning Ontario’s correction facilities are overcapacity and experiencing significant staffing shortages. Criminology ...

Lockdowns at Ontario jails caused by staff shortages rising rapidly, data shows

New data shows the vast majority of the province's correctional facilities are operating with far more inmates than they were ...