Ontario to expand jail capacity by 2,500 beds over 10 years at a cost of $3 billion

Ontario to expand jail capacity by 2,500 beds over 10 years at a cost of $3 billion

TORONTO — Ontario will expand its vastly overcrowded jails by 2,500 beds over the next 10 years at a cost of $3 billion to the taxpayers, the province's solicitor general said Thursday.
Michael Kerzner said the province will build new jails,

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