Ontario outlines plan to add 2,500 jail beds, including through ‘tensile’ structures
On Thursday afternoon, Solicitor General Michael Kerzner unveiled the new $3-billion strategy amidst growing capacity concerns across the provincial correctional facility.
#Politics #Fordgovernment #OntarioJails #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11849388/ontario-jail-expansion-plan/

Ontario correctional facilities operating at 130% capacity as overcrowding worsens
New documents obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws show Ontario's correctional facilities are overflowing, with no sign the situation will improve.
#Politics #Fordgovernment #Ontariocorrectionalfacilities #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11774018/ontario-jail-capacity-figures/

Ontario correctional facilities operating at 130% capacity as overcrowding worsens
New documents obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws show Ontario's correctional facilities are overflowing, with no sign the situation will improve.
#Politics #Fordgovernment #Ontariocorrectionalfacilities #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11774018/ontario-jail-capacity-figures/

Ontario correctional facilities operating at 130% capacity as overcrowding worsens
New documents obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws show Ontario's correctional facilities are overflowing, with no sign the situation will improve.
#Politics #Fordgovernment #Ontariocorrectionalfacilities #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11774018/ontario-jail-capacity-figures/

Ontario correctional facilities operating at 130% capacity as overcrowding worsens
New documents obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws show Ontario's correctional facilities are overflowing, with no sign the situation will improve.
#Politics #Fordgovernment #Ontariocorrectionalfacilities #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11774018/ontario-jail-capacity-figures/

Ontario correctional facilities operating at 130% capacity as overcrowding worsens
New documents obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws show Ontario's correctional facilities are overflowing, with no sign the situation will improve.
#Politics #Fordgovernment #Ontariocorrectionalfacilities #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11774018/ontario-jail-capacity-figures/

Winnipeg defence lawyer accused of smuggling cannabis into correctional centre
A criminal defence lawyer is accused of trying to sneak cannabis into a correctional institution, according to a news release from Manitoba RCMP.
#Crime #Cannabis #ManitobaRCMP
https://globalnews.ca/news/11753346/winnipeg-defence-lawyer-smuggling-cannabis/

Manitoba budget focuses on justice but ignores critical needs at court level: lawyers
Manitoba's latest budget promises millions of dollars for ankle monitors, police officers and correctional services — but lawyers say more of that money is needed for the people handling criminal cases as they move through the courts, who they say are already stretched thin.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/budget-crown-defence-lawyers-legal-aid-9.7142418?cmp=rss

Thunder Bay jail and correctional centre to remain in use after new correctional complex opens, says union
The Thunder Bay District Jail and Thunder Bay Correctional Centre will remain in use even after the new Thunder Bay Correctional Complex opens its doors, union representatives say.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-jail-9.7058747?cmp=rss