THOROLD, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is providing $180 million to increase capacity at correctional facilities across the province.
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 using a unique solution.
Bird Construction Inc. has been awarded the contract to design and build modular expansions, with construction scheduled to begin in 2026. In addition to new beds, the expanded facilities will offer enhanced rehabilitation programs, including literacy, job skills and technology training, states a release.
The modular build facilities are delivered through Infrastructure Ontario. Similar infrastructure expansion projects at the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre and Kenora Jail were completed in fall 2022.
The government reports by 2028, the Cecil Facer Youth Centre in Sudbury will be repurposed into an adult correctional facility to provide additional capacity and programming in northern Ontario.
