Jean Yip at the Public Accounts Committee

On April 17th, 2018. See this statement in context.

April 17th, 2018 / 4:05 p.m.

Liberal

Jean Yip Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON

Thank you.

Good afternoon. Thank you for coming.

I read with sadness that the number of women offenders serving federal sentences is up 38% over the last decade. Why is that? Also, indigenous women account for 33% of all women incarcerated. What has happened that there's such an increase?

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