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Ford promises no more inmates will be improperly released from jail

Published Apr 16, 2026 at 11:32pm

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Ford promises no more inmates will be improperly released from jail

Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner, right, is seen at a 2023 news conference alongside Premier Doug Ford, left. Ford is continuing to back Kerzner after it was revealed that over 150 inmates were improperly released from the province's jails between 2021 and 2025. (Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press)

A "furious" Premier Doug Ford has promised to keep all inmates behind bars after news broke that more than 150 of them were improperly released from jails across Ontario over the last few years.

Ford and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner both admitted that jails and courts have released inmates by mistake.

"I'm getting down to root cause and we aren't going to let one more person slip out of the door," Ford said Thursday.

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