Indigenous Incarceration
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Calls for justice reform after New Brunswick inmate dies of COVID-19Skyler Sappier, a 28-year-old inmate, died of COVID-19 at the end of January. A criminologist says he shouldn't have been jailed during a pandemic in the first place.CanadaFeb 8, 2022
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Indigenous incarceration rates in Saskatchewan 65% federally, 75% provinciallyIndigenous people are being imprisoned at a historic rate despite there being an overall decline in inmate populations.CanadaFeb 5, 2020
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Group voices solidarity with Hong Kong protesters at Regina City HallA group gathered in front of Regina City Hall Saturday to voice solidarity with protesters in Hong Kong.CanadaAug 17, 2019
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‘There’s nothing left there’: A founder of Canada’s first healing lodge says CSC dismantled vision“They discontinued what we put in place, so it’s just a regular penitentiary right now. It’s not a healing lodge.”CanadaJan 10, 2019
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Indigenous legal rights, history and culture addressed in new guide for Ontario lawyersThe Law Society of Ontario's guide includes sections on constitutional protections for Indigenous people, landmark Indigenous rights cases, lists of Indigenous language interpreters and links to glossaries of relevant legal and cultural terms.CanadaMay 23, 2018
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Province of Manitoba aims to modernize low-ranking justice systemThe provincial government has announced new initiatives aimed at keeping offenders out of jail as the Manitoba's justice system tries to climb out of Canada’s basement.Mar 9, 2018
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Justice system report slams Alberta for hiding Indigenous incarceration ratesThe government of Alberta is being lambasted in a review of Canada's justice system as the only province to keep secret the number of Indigenous people it has locked up over the last five years.CanadaMar 5, 2018
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