Thunder Bay Correctional Centre sign-Staff photo
A new temporary building is to be constructed at the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre on Highway 61 with the next two years.
The Ford government explains the new facility will provide access to programs that support reintegration into the community.
The province says the facility will enhance programming and improve safety for Indigenous people.
The president of OPSEU local 737 at the Thunder Bay District Jail Bill Hayes indicates it should also help with overcrowding at both the Correctional Centre and the jail as they wait for a new prison to be constructed in 2025.
“We need something. We’ve been asking for help for many years now,” notes Hayes.
While the temporary facility will not be completed until 2022 Hayes confesses “We’ll take it.”
