Beaudin has been attending Myles Sanderson’s inquest, an Indigenous man who murdered 11 people in 2022. According to Beaudin, the help most Indigenous Peoples receive in prison is not sufficient. “There’s no funding element attached to those [Sanderson’s case] recommendations,” Beaudin said. $3.1 billion is nothing.”Story continuesBeaudin said this money should be distributed to the community so people can truly address the over-incarceration warehousing of Indigenous Peoples. For more information about Sanderson’s case, read https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/ james-smith-cree-nation-inquest-day-11-1.7096644Julia Archelene Magsombol, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Columbia Valley Pioneer


Source:   CBC News
March 04, 2024 12:16 UTC