The "Polar Bear Jail" in the Canadian town of Churchill will be expanding to house more wayward carnivores.

According to press reports, the facility was built in 1980 in the polar bear capital of the world.

The facility will also be cooled now over the summer to make the furry inmates' incarceration a bit more bearable.

Shaun Bobier of the Manitoba Conservation Department stated that polar bears are now captured if they can not be easily scared off after wandering into the town during summer and autumn. The bears are released during the winter after Hudson's Bay has frozen.

At this time, the facility has 23 holding cells, which are separated by cinder blocks. However, if the facility becomes overcrowded, some bears are relocated far away by helicopter.

The expansion will call for five more cells to be added so that they can hold more bears for longer periods of time.

In 2004, 170 bears were kept behind bars and were only given water and ice. It was to ensure that the bears did not keep coming to the jail for food.

And since bears usually fast during the summer months, the meager prison grub is not cruel or unusual for the bears.

The prison only housed 58 bears in 2005.