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A report released last week shows that the rate of women, and in particular, Aboriginal women, in prisons has risen at an alarming rate in recent years. Marginalized: The Aboriginal Women's experience in Federal Corrections [3] by The Correctional Service of Canada also finds that the rate of self-injury among Aboriginal women inmates has soared, with the biggest spike on the Prairies. The report reveals that incidents of self-inflicted injury involving Aboriginal women have risen from just 8 in 2006 to 214 last year.
Read more about this report here:
Female native inmates on rise: Federal report sheds light on soaring rate [4] (Winnipeg Free Press)