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Ontario takes control of super-jail
By CBC News Canada
Published: 11/13/2006

ONTARIO, CANADA - Canada's only privately run jail, in Penetanguishene, Ont., will returned public control on Saturday after a performance evaluation found a public jail of equivalent size had better security, prisoner health care, and reduced repeat offender rates.

The Central North Correctional Centre, one of two identical maximum-security super-jails in Ontario built by the former Conservative government, houses more than 1,000 prisoners and has been under the watchful eye of a private firm for the last five years. Read more.

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