He noted that when he started, Indigenous people made up 15 per cent of federal prison system inmates and this has since risen to 33 per cent and a shocking 50 per cent when it comes to women in the system.
Criminal Justice System to Canadian Society, Canadian Society do you copy? There’s a real problem here and we’re not the solution, over. /s
“The classification system has been identified by the Canadian Human Rights Commission as racist, as discriminatory on the basis of race, sex and disability,” Pate told APTN News.
“People with mental health issues, racialized people and women. And so disproportionately Indigenous women and men, but particularly women, are more likely to be classified as higher security.”
Criminal Justice System to Canadian Society, Canadian Society do you copy? There’s a real problem here and we’re not the solution, over. /s