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New Montreal justice centre aims to fill gaps in system for Indigenous offenders

By Tom Fennario
Jul 07, 2016

The group’s first goal is to convince the city to start providing Indigenous offenders with alternatives to prison

Tom Fennario
APTN National News
There are provisions in the Canadian legal system that take into account the harsh realities of many Indigenous offenders.

But in Montreal, they’re not always being implemented.

Now, a new organization is looking to change that, and more.

 

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