Ontario is creating more space in its correctional facilities.

The Ford government is committing $3 billion to add more than 25-hundred permanent beds over the next decade.

Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says it prepares facilities for changes to bail and sentencing laws.

“We have been making investments with great clarity, transparency and focus so that Ontarians can rest assured knowing that if you break the law, we will have room for you in our jails and that Ontarians can trust our government to protect them and to keep them safe,” says Kerzner.

Some of the expansions are already underway, including work at the Thunder Bay Correctional Complex, expected to be completed by the end of this year or early 2027.

The province is also reviewing jails in Brantford and Walkerton that were closed by the former Liberal government to determine the possibility of them reopening.

Kerzner says with the expansion plans, Ontario’s facilities will have a combined capacity of 13,153 spaces.

To accommodate more prisoners, more staff will be added.

“As announced in the 2026 budget, our government is hiring 700 additional correctional staff, including correctional officers, community correctional staff, nurses, and critical support workers,” says Kerzner.

“This investment will further strengthen safety in our institutions and ensure frontline workers have the support they need.”