"Barred: Over-incarceration of Indigenous people in Canada’s criminal legal system, the health implications, and opportunities for decarceration", confronts the public health crisis that is the over-incarceration of Indigenous people, while exploring avenues to decarceration through policy, legislation, and community-based programs.
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- Canada
Table of Contents
- POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF INCARCERATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 13
- OVER-INCARCERATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN CANADA BY THE NUMBERS 8
- Introduction 4
- RESEARCH METHODS 6
- Prison environments and health conditions 13
- Mother-child programs 14
- Mental health concerns within prisons 16
- Limitations to harm reduction practices in prison environments 17
- Health care access and delivery in prison environments 18
- Implications for the continuity of care for Indigenous people who experienced incarceration 19
- THE NEED FOR INDIGENOUS DECARCERATION 21
- Potential positive effects of Indigenous decarceration 23
- Opportunities for Indigenous decarceration in federal legislation 25
- THE NEED FOR INDIGENOUS DECARCERATION 29
- Diversion programs 31
- Indigenous courts 37
- Healing lodges 42
- KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 49
- ONGOING CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 55
- References 58
- APPENDIX A 66
- APPENDIX B 67
