'Shocking and shameful': For the first time, Indigenous women make up half the female population in Canada's federal prisons - The Globe and Mail

Ottawa has made countless pledges over the years to address the issue of Indigenous overrepresentation in prison but the trend has defied all government efforts to reverse it

Indigenous women now account for half of the female population in federal penitentiaries, a state of affairs Canadas prison ombudsman calls shocking and shameful. As of last week, federal prisons he… [+7158 chars]

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