This is interesting. We are talking about the rehabilitation of aboriginal women and their reintegration into the community, yet we know that there is not enough housing in aboriginal communities and that mental health and addiction treatment services are insufficient. There is some willingness, but where can the women turn? Even their own community does not have access to the services they need. The infrastructure and resources needed to help women rehabilitate and reintegrate into the community upon release are not there.
Prevention work is needed as well as the necessary resources in the community to support aboriginal women upon release.
I will let my colleague talk about strip searches.