Thunder Bay will benefit as the latest graduates join the corrections system in the province.
The Thunder Bay Correctional Centre on Highway 61 and the Thunder Bay District Jail on MacDougall Street will be taking in some of the seven graduates allocated for the Northern Region of the province.
In total 45 new correctional officers and 14 probation and parole officers have been distributed across the province.
The probation and parole officers are currently assigned across the province in areas near their home community to offer a local perspective with three posted in the Northern Region.
