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The construction crews are on site building a temporary 50 bed expansion to the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre.
The contract to erect the facilities in both Thunder Bay and Kenora were awarded back in early March but questions still remain as to when a new, 325-bed facility will be put together.
The president of OPSEU local 708 Shawn Bradshaw says the 50-bed expansion will allow for increased access to skills development, literacy, and technology programs.
There’s no set timeline for the work on the temporary facility.
Work is underway on a new 50-bed expansion to the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre. (Photo by Doug Diaczuk - Tbnewswatch.com).
THUNDER BAY - Work has begun on an expansion to the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre, which is expected to help relieve overcrowding issues at the facility and the Thunder Bay District Jail.
“Projects have a tendency to get pushed back or delayed so it’s always a relief to see work start,” said Shawn Bradshaw, president of OPSEU local 708 at Thunder Bay Correctional Centre.
Expansions to the Correctional Centre and Kenora Jail were announced by the provincial government last October to address issues of overcrowding and are part of the province’s $500 million plan to transform correctional services in Ontario.
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Ontario is rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for prisoners in Thunder Bay this week as the community deals with a surge in cases linked to the city’s jails.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit confirmed to The Globe and Mail that immunizations of all willing prisoners at the city’s two jails are currently under way and that jail staff would soon have the same opportunity.