From my experience travelling around the institutions, faith-based and cultural perspectives are very crucial for the indigenous population, because a lot of the fellas now coming into prisons don't really know about their culture. Once they make that connection.... There's a better outcome score when they connect with their culture, meet with the elders and do more indigenous programming.
The programs that are successful are the ones coming from an authentic indigenous perspective. That's something CSC needs to be mindful of: continuing to bring those types of programs into the institutions.