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Exploring Theme: "Decarceration Through Self-Determination"
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April 21, 2023
Decarceration through Self-Determination: Ending the mass incarceration of Indigenous People in Canada
WE RECOMMEND THAT CANADA: Shift funding from Correctional Service Canada to Indigenous governments and organizations inthe amount of $1 billion each year, representing the approximate amount of money CSC receives to incarcerate Indigenous people, with the goal of significantly reducing the number of Indigenous people in prison and supporting autonomous Indigenous-run alternatives to incarceration, as...