How will UNDRIP impact Indigenous federal prisoners?

Ultimately, Bill C-15 should be welcomed with open arms alongside a healthy amount of skepticism. Sadly, if the Mandela Rules and the Structured Intervention Units offer any indication, the implementation of UNDRIP may be in name only.

Furthermore, via sections 81-84 of the CCRA, Article 34 should prompt greater engagement between the Correctional Service, the Parole Board of Canada, and local Indigenous communities. These under-used sections of the CCRA can be increasingly used to re-integrate low-risk offenders safely, writes Murray Fallis. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY MURRAY FALLIS

December 16, 2020

Two weeks ago, the federal government tabled Bill C-15, legislation which, if passed, would begin to operationalize the

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