The Juristat figures take a self-identification notion of aboriginal people, which in our experience means they're a floor. We have generally found that when many jurisdictions count the number of aboriginal people in the facilities, they undercount; many people who are aboriginal simply aren't counted. I would look at these numbers as a minimum number. As I said, they're the floor. The actual numbers will be higher.
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