Another seven correctional officers have been hired to work in facilities in northwestern Ontario.
The officers successfully completed the Correctional Officer Training and Assessment, an eight-week comprehensive programs that allows northern Ontario candidates to be training in the north..
The officers will be assigned to the Thunder Bay Jail, the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre, and the Kenora Jail.
Meanwhile, there are also more probation and parole officers being hired by the province of Ontario.
Twenty-one new recruits completed training in Hamilton recently.
Three are being assigned to facilities in northern Ontario.
