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A made-in-Canada solution to help Indigenous people in prisons

A made-in-Canada solution to help Indigenous people in prisons

FromThe Decibel


A made-in-Canada solution to help Indigenous people in prisons

FromThe Decibel

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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Oct 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Indigenous people are over-represented in Canada’s federal prisons. One in three men in federal prisons identify as Indigenous, and the number is 50 per cent for women prisoners.Officials have long said that healing lodges – minimum-security rehabilitation centres for Indigenous people – work, but there are only 10 in Canada. And while politicians pledge to build more, they haven’t in recent years. Reporter Patrick White discusses what’s behind the delay.Join host Menaka Raman-Wilms for a conversation live on Twitter this Wednesday, October 26th, at 2pm ET. She’ll be chatting with the Globe’s personal finance reporter Erica Alini, Globe columnist Rob Carrick and money expert Melissa Leong about the latest interest rate hike from the Bank of Canada and what it means for young people’s money. We’ll cover rent, saving, debt and investing with practical tips you can use.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Released:
Oct 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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