National News Ottawa's tough-on-crime agenda will push more Aboriginal women into doing hard time: report By Mark Blackburn Sep 28, 2012 The number of Aboriginal women going to prison is exploding. APTN National News The number of Aboriginal women going to prison is exploding. According to a new report, the Conservative’s tough-on-crime agenda will mean those numbers will increase. APTN National News reporter Annette Francis has this story. Report an Error Tell us your Story Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your Name *Your Email Address *Details *CommentSubmit Report Tags: Conservatives, Corrections Canada, Justice, Women inmates Continue Reading Furlong denies abusing First Nations students, threatens legal action Manitoba government faces fire over treatment of children in care Author(s) Mark Blackburn [email protected] More Stories Indigenous hip-hop group Winnipeg’s Most returns to stag... 15 hours ago By Cierra Bettens Tk’emlúps to sign reconciliation covenant with Roma... 16 hours ago By Kathleen Martens Supreme Court upholds First Nations’ ability to set resi... 18 hours ago By Danielle Paradis | Sara Connors Canada, Manitoba point fingers at each other in response t... 21 hours ago By Mark Blackburn Catholic Church hints at legal action, human rights compla... 2 days ago By Trevor Wright ‘The Gold Rush is over’: First Nations chiefs celebrat... 2 days ago By Local Journalism Initiative