In correctional services, we have really noted that outcomes were different for some offenders based on their race or ethnicity. We have noted that indigenous offenders faced obstacles practically at every step when they arrived in a federal institution. We could be talking about the tool used for security classification, to determine whether inmates should be in a minimum, medium or maximum security institution.
We noted that indigenous and Black offenders were incarcerated in higher security institutions twice as often as all other offenders, and for women, it was three times as often. The results of the tool could be modified. We saw that they were modified in 53% of cases for indigenous women, so that they would be incarcerated in higher security institution. We saw that, as a result, indigenous people were spending about two months longer in federal institutions.
Those were really disproportionate outcomes based on race or ethnicity.