SECU Committee News Release
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security |  | Comité permanent de la sécurité publique et nationale |
For immediate release
NEWS RELEASE
House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Releases Report on Indigeneous People in the Correctional System
Ottawa, June 20, 2018 -
On Monday June 18, 2018, the Honourable John McKay, Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (“the Committee”), tabled the Committee’s unanimous report after its study of Indigenous people in the correctional system. The Committee heard from 15 witnesses over the course of four meetings in October and November 2017.
The Committee believes it is high time to put words into action. Correctional Service of Canada needs to make lasting, innovative and significant changes to Indigenous corrections.
In its report, the Committee makes 19 key recommendations in view of ending over-representation of Indigenous people in the correctional system which is rooted in society and involves social, economic, cultural and legal aspects. The Committee agrees with all witnesses that an all-encompassing vision, and therefore a holistic solution, is needed.
The report is available online on the Committee’s website.
- 30 -
|