CHILLIWACK, B.C. — The over\u002Drepresentation of Indigenous people in British Columbia’s jails is a destructive cycle that must be broken, said Premier David Eby…
Indigenous people comprise about five per cent of B.C.’s population, but account for about 30 per cent of people in provincial jails, Eby said Monday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
The Chilliwack facility will provide culturally appropriate information and supports for Indigenous people struggling with legal issues in the Fraser Valley area. “If we want to break the cycle for someone who is Indigenous and involved in that cycle, we have to have culturally appropriate responses that meet the needs of where they’re at,” he said. “That’s the only way that we’ll be successful.”
She said the goal of the provincial justice centres is to show Indigenous people are breaking the cycle of incarceration.
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