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More than 30% of inmates in Canadian prisons are Indigenous – even though aboriginal people make up just 5% of the country's population, according to new figures released by a federal watchdog.
In a scathing report published on Tuesday, the correctional investigator of Canada, Dr Ivan Zinger, described Indigenous overrepresentation in the country's jails and prisons as "nothing short of a national travesty".
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/one-third-canada-prisoners-indigenous-report
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