Canada s Prisons Are The New Resdiential School Essay

CANADA’S PRISONS ARE THE ‘NEW RESDIENTIAL SCHOOL’ Nancy Macdonald (2016), an editor who works for the Maclean’s, writes an article on the way Indigenous and non-Indigenous citizens are treated by the law and police force. At least 36 per cent of the women and 25 per cent of men, who are Indigenous, were already sentenced to provincial and territorial custody in Canada. Nancy explains, from these scores, these statistics make up at least 4 per cent of the national population. She also explains, if you add in the federal prisons, the statistics will now account for 22.8 per cent Indigenous inmates of the total incarcerated population. Statistics show how black men are six times more likely to go to prison than white men. Just like the US, Canada, as Nancy explains, the Indigenous incarceration rate is 10 times higher than the non-Indigenous population, which unfortunately is high than South Africa at the height of apartheid. If you live in Saskatchewan, and you are Indigenous, you are 33 times more likely to be incarcerated. Due to this statistic and many more, this is the reason why prison guard is among he fastest-growing public sector occupations on the Prairie. In Prairie courtrooms, Indigenous defendants now make up 85 per cent of the criminal caseloads, defense lawyers claim. At a nearby Stony Mountain Institution, Indigenous men make up 65 per cent of the inmate population. These men are often there because they fail to comply with a condition of bail, or they are