As Ontario commits to building more jails, data shows violence inside them is rising

Solicitor General Michael Kerzner delivers an announcement behind a podium that says "Protect Ontario," with Premier Doug Ford and correctional officers behind him.

Rates of violence across Ontario jails — both inmate-on-inmate and inmate-on-staff assaults — are rising, according to an analysis of data shared with CBC News by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).