Ontario Premier Doug Ford defends plan to increase jail capacity by thousands

Ontario Premier Doug Ford defends plan to increase jail capacity by thousands

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government's plan to build many more jails, saying the billions in cost will be worth it.
Ontario's jails are well over capacity and the overcrowding has been worsening for years under Ford's tenure

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