Indigenous Incarceration

• Calls for justice reform after New Brunswick inmate dies of COVID-19

  Skyler 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.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2022
  
• Indigenous incarceration rates in Saskatchewan 65% federally, 75% provincially

  Indigenous people are being imprisoned at a historic rate despite there being an overall decline in inmate populations.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2020
  
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• Group voices solidarity with Hong Kong protesters at Regina City Hall

  A group gathered in front of Regina City Hall Saturday to voice solidarity with protesters in Hong Kong.

  Canada

  Aug 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.”

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2019
• Indigenous legal rights, history and culture addressed in new guide for Ontario lawyers

  The 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.

  Canada

  May 23, 2018
• Province of Manitoba aims to modernize low-ranking justice system

  The 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
• Justice system report slams Alberta for hiding Indigenous incarceration rates

  The 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.

  Canada

  Mar 5, 2018