🇨🇦 Ontario Needs 6,000 New Jail Beds — But Nobody's Allowed To Ask Why

Ontario's jails are already dangerously over capacity, and the province quietly plans to build nearly 6,000 new beds by 2050, according to FOI documents obtained by University of Ottawa researchers. This is described by experts as unprecedented jail expansion. Let that settle in. Canada's largest province is planning to massively scale up its incarceration infrastructure over the next 25 years — and the political class that oversaw the crime surge driving this demand is the same one now shrugging at the price tag.

A generation of catch-and-release bail reform, Gladue sentencing discounts, defund-the-police rhetoric, and open border-driven gang activity has produced a predictable result: courts clogged, jails full, and taxpayers footing the construction bill for the consequences of Liberal governance. They broke the system and are now tendering contracts to expand it. The audacity would be impressive if it weren't so expensive.

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