Indigenous incarceration trends and failed promises: why more prison reform is not a good justice strategy

Prison reforms have not only failed to reverse the punitive trend for Indigenous people, but have also naturalized the prison as a place where Indigenous people can receive their cultural traditions and healing.

Through a trajectory of reserves, residential schools, child and social welfare, foster care and adoptions, detentions and youth centres, the prison is part of a long line of ongoing colonial interventions for Indigenous people, writes Vicki Chartrand.Unsplash photograph by Hédi Benyounes

Opinion

BY VICKI CHARTRAND

September 28, 2022

The high rate of Indigenous incarceration in Canadian prisons is becoming a more and more commonly discussed and known trend. The most recent ...

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