Indigenous women now account for almost half of the female inmate population in federally run prisons, says a new report from Canada's correctional investigator. Indigenous women, meanwhile, account for 48 per cent of the population in women's prisons. Marion Buller, who served as the chief commissioner of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, echoed Zinger's point. The inquiry's final report offered 13 recommendations to address over-incarceration of Indigenous women, including calls for more Indigenous-run and culturally appropriate rehabilitation programs. "And the programming that is available more often than not isn't culturally appropriate, and the culturally appropriate programming is underfunded and understaffed."

Source: CBC News December 18, 2021 22:01 UTC