National News Ottawa’s tough-on-crime agenda will push more Aboriginal women into doing hard time: report By APTN National News 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 *NameSubmit 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) APTN National News [email protected] More Stories ASIRT looking into shooting of Cold Lake First Nations man... 18 hours ago By Leanne Sanders Decades after the siege: Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke dem... 18 hours ago By Savanna Craig Edmonton Hospital should apologize for cutting braids says... 19 hours ago By Leanne Sanders Mi’kmaw MP Jaime Battiste shut out of cabinet shuffle 22 hours ago By Mark Blackburn ‘Race did not play a part’: Watchdog clears of... 1 day ago By The Canadian Press Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian supporters are moved th... 1 day ago By The Canadian Press