OTTAWA — The federal government has appointed a deputy commissioner for Indigenous corrections in a move towards tackling the overrepresentation of Indigenous…
“I believe in the importance of meaningful partnerships and engagement with Indigenous communities, and will work hard to ensure that together, we achieve positive outcomes.”
“We take the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in our criminal justice system very seriously. We need to ensure that Indigenous offenders have the supports they need so they can safely and successfully reintegrate into communities as law-abiding citizens,” Kelly said in a statement.Article content
Despite accounting for about five per cent of the adult population, Indigenous Peoples continue to be vastly overrepresented in the federal correctional system, accounting for 28 per cent of all prisoners and nearly one-third of all individuals in custody, the Office of the Correctional Investigator said in its 2021-22 annual report.
In 2019, the agency implemented a new system of “structured intervention units.” But these, too, have been criticized, with the correctional investigator finding that Black and Indigenous prisoners experienced more and longer stays than white prisoners. Correctional Service Canada data show that as of August 2021, nearly 50 per cent of such units were occupied by Indigenous people.
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