Chiefs offer solutions to high Indigenous incarceration rates at ‘historic’ meeting with judges – CBC

Local justice system chaperones, appropriate courtrooms, shorter wait times proposed to judges

Nov 02, 2017

Reducing time in remand and assigning local advocates who can guide offenders through the justice process were among the suggestions offered by 10 Manitoba First Nation chiefs at a meeting with judges this week in Norway House.

On Tuesday, chiefs presented ideas on addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous men and women in the criminal justice system. Eliminating this imbalance over the next decade is one of the calls to action made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.