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Buffalo Sage for Women [2] Edmonton, AB: Minimum (healing lodge) Women Community (Native Counselling Service of Alberta) Calgary Remand Centre: Calgary, AB: Remand Men Canadian Forces Service Prison and Detention Barracks [9] Edmonton, AB: Canadian Armed Forces: Drumheller Institution: Drumheller, AB: Minimum/Medium Men Federal Edmonton ...
In 1990, a report called Creating Choices was issued by a task force aiming to improve the lives of and create more choices for federally sentenced women. [10] One of the recommendations of the task force was the creation of a healing lodge "where Aboriginal federally sentenced women may serve all or part of their sentences". [9]
Proposals to build a new facility originated in the early 2000s after overcrowding in the original facility. In 2007 construction began on the new 645,000-square-foot (59,900 m 2) Edmonton Remand Centre with a cost of $580.0 million. The newer facility was completed in fall of 2012, with the new prison operating in spring 2013. [13]
The combination of these factors results in Indigenous women being significantly more likely to experience precarious housing or houselessness which is a factor in engagements with the criminal justice system. Further, intergenerational trauma and gender inequality has resulted in Indigenous women experiencing higher rates of post-traumatic ...
Redd Alert was established in 1999 by Robert Lee Wagner along with other First Nations inmates of Cree, Anishinaabe, and Métis origin as an alternative to joining two of the other Aboriginal gangs within the Alberta prison system: the Indian Posse and the Manitoba Warriors. Details on their origin are unclear but some reports say they ...
In 2017/2018, Indigenous youth made up 48% of incarcerated youth individuals in Canada, while representing about 8% of the Canadian youth population. [11] Indigenous females represent approximately 4% of the female population in Canada, [12] but make up 42% of the female federal inmate population. [13]
The Edmonton Institution (French: Établissement d'Edmonton [7]) is a maximum security federal institution located in the northeastern part of Edmonton, Alberta. It is operated by Correctional Service of Canada. It is part of the Prairie Regions institutions, the Regional Headquarters is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan [8]
Prison for Women (Kingston, Ontario) V. Vanier Centre for Women This page was last edited on 30 August 2020, at 00:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...