APTN Investigates: Indigenous people in Canada behind bars
At 52 years old, Dan Parlow has spent more than half his life, over 30…
Howard Sapers
Prison watchdog says rising number of Indigenous people entering system remains “troubling”
Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers released his annual report on Thursday
Calls for public inquiry into Saskatchewan’s over incarceration of Aboriginal people
(Frederick Knife with his children in this undated photo from Facebook.) Kenneth Jackson APTN National…
Prison ombudsman suspects Harper government looking to replace him
Kenneth Jackson APTN National News Canada’s prison ombudsman learned just hours before his appointment was…
Harper government expected to re-appoint prison ombudsman to shorter term
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News The guy who criticizes the federal government on its…
Alarm sounds over imprisoned women's mental health
Canada’s correctional investigator says the number of women hurting themselves in prison is on the rise.
Ottawa shrugs off alarming report on First Nation, Inuit, Metis inmates
The federal government won’t be making any changes as a result of the hard-hitting report from Canada’s correctional investigator released Thursday which again sounded the alarm over a growing crisis involving rising rates of First Nation, Inuit and Metis people behind bars.
Corrections investigator raises alarm bells over prisoner self-harm
Canada’s corrections investigator is worried about the numbers of prisoners who are harming themselves.