Ontario Correctional Facilities

• Ontario adding 150 more jail beds in Niagara, Milton, Sudbury

  Ontario's solicitor general says the province is adding 150 beds to three jails across the province using modular construction.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2025
  
• Family of GTA man who died in pre-trial custody speaks out

  Through tears and heartache, Melissa Chatzimanolakis spoke to Global News about her brother Anthony. The 30-year-old was found unresponsive in his jail cell on March 25.

  Features

  Apr 5, 2023
  
• Advertisement
• Action needed as inmate deaths in Ontario rise, report says

  A report released by the panel this week says 25 inmates across more than two dozen facilities in the province died in 2019 and 46 inmates deaths were recorded in 2021.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2023
• Advertisement
• Crowding in jails close to pre-pandemic levels, Ontario Human Rights Commission says

  But it warns those numbers have been rising again for months, "as Ontario is facing the most serious stage of the pandemic so far."

  Canada

  May 11, 2021
• Ontario government to spend $500M on corrections staffing, upgrading facilities

  "For years we've been asking for help."

  Crime

  Jun 16, 2020
• Coronavirus: Ontario government suspends personal visits at adult jails, intermittent inmate stays

  An Ontario government statement said the decisions were made "out of an abundance of caution" and in an effort "to protect the health and safety of our correctional services staff and those in our custody."

  Health

  Mar 13, 2020