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Publication Date: May 14, 2026 - 19:14

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Ontario to add 2,500 new jail beds, reopen 2 jails at cost of $3B to taxpayers

May 14, 2026

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.



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