Too many indigenous women in prison

By Patricia M. Barkaskas and Emma Cunliffe Comments Off on Too many indigenous women in prison denial of justice, Indigenous women, indigenous women in prison, mandatory minimum sentences, offenders, prison, racism, risk factors

Judges need more flexibility in sentencing There is no justice for Indigenous women in the current Canadian justice system. Indigenous women are violently victimized at almost three times the rate of their non-Indigenous counterparts.  Indigenous women are also more likely to commit criminal offences — but nine times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be […]