In the News

April 23, 2026: Changes to province’s FOI rules will allow government ministers to shield most of their documents from public – CBC News Hamilton.

April 22, 2026: Who gets to see government records? New Ford bill raises alarm – Inside Ottawa Valley.

April 20, 2026: Kemptville’s correctional complex may expand beyond initial plans, reveals solicitor general – Inside Ottawa Valley.

April 19, 2026: Ontario plans for a massive three-phase jail expansion – CFRA Weekends, CFRA.

April 18, 2026: A cavalcade of bad news for Doug Ford – National Post.

April 17, 2026: Prison over people? Ontario’s billion dollar plan comes under fire – St. Catharines Standard.

April 17, 2026: The Ford government’s jail expansion plans in Niagara and across Ontario – Niagara in the Morning, 610 CKTB. [no link]

April 16, 2026: Could the province’s funding of Niagara jail expansion be better spent? – St. Catherines Standard.

April 16, 2026: Ontario spending billions on new jails may create additional issues: criminology professor – CP24 Now, CP24.

April 16, 2026: Solving Ontario’s prison overcapacity crisis – Global News Morning, Global TV Toronto.

April 15, 2026: Ontario’s plan to massively expand jail system includes Sudbury – Sudbury Star. 

April 15, 2026: Ontario’s jail expansion plans. – Superior Morning, CBC Radio Thunder Bay; Ottawa Morning, CBC Radio Ottawa; Ontario Morning, CBC Radio Ontario; Windsor Morning – CBC Radio Windsor; Morning North – CBC Radio Sudbury; London Morning, CBC Radio London; Metro Morning- CBC Radio Toronto; and The Morning Edition – CBC Radio Kitchener-Waterloo. [no links]

April 15, 2026: Doug Ford défend son plan d’ajouter 6000 lits de prison de plus en Ontario d’ici 2050 – Radio-Canada.

April 15, 2026: Ford defends jail expansion plan to address overcrowding issues – Canadian Press.

April 15, 2026: Ontario considering expanding prisons to combat overcrowding – CTV News Toronto.

April 14, 2026: Ontario jail expansion plan slammed by prison abolition advocate – Ottawa Sun.

April 14, 2026: Ford confirms multibillion-dollar jail expansion plan revealed through research – Evening News at Six, CHCH.

April 14, 2026: Prisons : 6000 places de plus d’ici 2050 pour contrer la surpopulation carcérale – Dans la mosaïque, Radio-Canada Sud de l’Ontario.

April 14, 2026: Prisons : 6000 places de plus d’ici 2050 pour contrer la surpopulation carcérale – Radio-Canada.

April 14, 2026: What we know about Ontario’s jails expansion plan – CP24 Breakfast, CP24.

April 14, 2026: Ontario plans massive jail expansion, internal government documents show – Canadian Press. 

October 23, 2025: A new Kemptville jail has been frozen for years. Here’s why – Ottawa Citizen

April 26, 2024: ‘Significantly and negatively affect local ecosystems’: Researchers talk potential environmental impacts of proposed Kemptville jail to mark Earth Day – Kemptville Advance.

March 26, 2024: Les prisons de Doug Ford : un criminologue propose des solutions nettement moins coûteuses – Radio-Canada.