A couple of buses will leave Owen Sound and Walkerton on Tuesday morning.
They are headed to Queens Park so residents can voice their opposition to the province’s plan to close two local jails.
More than 75 correctional officers and their supporters are expected to descend on Queen’s Park on Tuesday.
They will try to convince MPP’s to rally behind their campaign to keep jails open in Owen Sound and Walkerton.
Owen Sound Mayor Deb Haswell and Brockton Councillor Chris Peabody will join the jail guards at the Legislature during Question Period.
Opposition MPP’s are expected to ask why the McGuinty government is moving ahead with its plans to shut the two jails without bothering to hold public consultations on the proposed closures.
Peabody says this may be their last hope to keep the two jails from closing.
OPSEU Local 224 President Paul Johnstone says they want to meet the Premier and Correctional Services Minister Jim Bradley face to face to talk about their proposal.
Johnstone calls it a reckless decision to go ahead with something that will disrupt the lives of hundreds of families and damage our local criminal justice system.
OPSEU has collected more than 12 thousand names on its petition to oppose the jail closures.
The buses will leave at 7 AM Tuesday from the Walkerton arena and West Side Bowl in Owen Sound.
Haswell, Peabody as well MPP Bill Murdoch and other Opposition MPP’s will hold a news conference at 12 Noon Tuesday at the Ontario legislature.
The jail guards will also hold an information picket outside the offices of Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Jim Bradley in Toronto.
