Mr. Michael Martin at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On September 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.

September 21st, 2006 / 4:15 p.m.

Chief, Correctional Services Program, Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics

I'd like to respond very quickly here.

Let's look at the proportion of aboriginal offenders who have various kinds of sentences and who are being supervised in the correctional system. As they currently stand within sentence custody, approximately 21% of people admitted to sentence custody are aboriginal. In comparison, the proportion in remand is approximately 18%, in probation is 16%, and in conditional sentences is 19%. Those numbers are for the 2003-2004 year. That gives you an idea of the profile.

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