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James Cooke


Tight controls: barbed wire and Indigenous Peoples

There is a shared experience in life lived behind the walls of Canadian penitentiaries: whether you are a prisoner or an employee, if you are of First Nations, Métis or Inuit ancestry, you are met with systemic racism, discrimination, bullying, and harassment. 

opinion | BY SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM, JAMES COOKE | September 4, 2023