BackMore than twenty years after Parliament enacted the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA) allowing the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) to enhance Aboriginal community involvement in corrections and respond to the unique needs and circumstances that contribute to high incarceration rates for Aboriginal people, disparities in opportunities and outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders continue to widen, finds a report issued today by the Correctional Investigator of Canada.
“Close to one-in-four inmates in federal penitentiaries today are of Aboriginal ancestry, yet Aboriginal-specific legislative provisions are chronically under-funded, under-utilized and unevenly applied by the Correctional Service. In failing to fully meet Parliament’s intent, my review concludes that the federal correctional system perpetuates conditions of disadvantage for Aboriginal people in Canada,” said the Correctional Investigator, Mr. Howard Sapers.
The report, entitled Spirit Matters: Aboriginal People and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, examines the implementation of Sections 81 and 84 provisions of the CCRA. For more information, please see the full press release and report of the Correctional Investigator.
Source: Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada
