witchlinblue
12-12-2005, 02:25 AM
Report finds women prisoners are 'invisible'
CTV.ca News - Wed. Jan. 28 2004
The report says the most disturbing statistic is the over-representation of Aboriginal women in maximum security. "Although Aboriginal women account for only 3 per cent of the female population of Canada, they represent 29 per cent of the women incarcerated in federal prisons and account for fully 46 per cent of the women classified as maximum security," it says.
read the whole report here (http://www.aboriginal.ca/portal/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=14)
CTV.ca News - Wed. Jan. 28 2004
The report says the most disturbing statistic is the over-representation of Aboriginal women in maximum security. "Although Aboriginal women account for only 3 per cent of the female population of Canada, they represent 29 per cent of the women incarcerated in federal prisons and account for fully 46 per cent of the women classified as maximum security," it says.
read the whole report here (http://www.aboriginal.ca/portal/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=14)