Overcrowding at Niagara jail reaches 6-year peak, with 40% more inmates since 2019 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: January 13, 2026 - 04:00

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Overcrowding at Niagara jail reaches 6-year peak, with 40% more inmates since 2019

January 13, 2026

The Niagara correction workers union president says employees struggle to provide programming as jail population increases and the mother of son who died at the detention centre said he had been sleeping on mattresses of his cell's floor.



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