OTTAWA — Federal watchdogs and members of Parliament are pressing Canada’s top corrections officials to improve conditions for Black and Indigenous offenders…
Two House of Commons committees honed in on the state of Canadian prisons this week, with MPs from all parties offering a scathing rebuke of the prison system.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
Ivan Zinger testified at the House public safety committee on Friday that such prisoners are subject to discrimination, biases and racism. Commissioner Anne Kelly acknowledged there are systemic barriers and racism within the criminal justice system. It also called into question the quality of the custody rating scale, a framework used to determine the level of security an inmate will be placed in. The scale had not been reviewed by experts since 2012, the report said, and an additional set of criteria used to determine where to place Black offenders had never been validated at all.
She said that process includes conducting “extensive” work on the way it classifies Black offenders, and partnering with the University of Regina to develop an “Indigenous and gender-informed security classification process.”Article content
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