Correctional facilities across Ontario will increase capacity through a $180-million government  investment. The Niagara Detention Centre in Thorold, the Cecil Facer Youth Centre in Sudbury and the Vanier Centre for Women in Milton will be expanded to create 150 new beds and a safer workplace for frontline staff.

Kinga Surma, minister of infrastructure, said the province is modernizing its procurement processes and using modular construction methods to help speed up delivery of the infrastructure.

Bird Construction Inc. was awarded the contract to design and build the innovative modular expansions, with construction scheduled to begin in 2026. The expanded facilities will also offer enhanced rehabilitation programs, including literacy, job skills and technology training.

Since 2024, 110 additional beds have been added to adult correctional facilities across the province, with 665 more to be added by the end of 2026. By 2028, the Cecil Facer Youth Centre in Sudbury will be repurposed into an adult correctional facility to boost capacity and programming in northern Ontario.