Thursday, September 25, 2025

Ford Government Jail Infrastructure Project Announcements Tracker

Compiled by:
Justin Piché, PhD
Full Professor, Criminology, University of Ottawa



OVERVIEW

New sites of human caging announced = 3

Expansions to existing sites of human caging announced = 9

 

Beds = 1,601

 

Projected infrastructure costs announced: up to $2.7 billion

 

Estimated operational costs:

$587,567/day | $17.9 million/month | $214.5 million/year

* based on 2022/23 figures compiled by Statistics Canada *