Jim Bronskill
The Mission Correctional Institution in Mission, B.C. is pictured Tuesday, April 14, 2020. A new federal study found that people released from prison were much more likely than the general population to have trouble finding gainful employment, even over a decade after returning to society. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward April 21, 2021 - 1:00 AM
OTTAWA - A new federal study found that people released from prison were much more likely than the general population to have trouble finding gainful employment â even over a decade after returning to society.
Researchers from Public Safety Canada and the Correctional Service also concluded women and Indigenous offenders faced additional hurdles in trying to make a living after leaving a federal institution.
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OTTAWA - A new federal study found that people released from prison were much more likely than the general population to have trouble finding gainful employment even over a decade after returning to society.
The Mission Correctional Institution in Mission, B.C. is pictured Tuesday, April 14, 2020. A new federal study found that people released from prison were much more likely than the general population to have trouble finding gainful employment, even over a decade after returning to society. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
OTTAWA - A new federal study found that people released from prison were much more likely than the general population to have trouble finding gainful employment even over a decade after returning to society.
Published Wednesday, April 21, 2021 5:51AM EDT OTTAWA A new federal study found that people released from prison were much more likely than the general population to have trouble finding gainful employment - even over a decade after returning to society. Researchers from Public Safety Canada and the Correctional Service also concluded women and Indigenous offenders faced additional hurdles in trying to make a living after leaving a federal institution. The study says securing work following release is key to successful reintegration and is associated with lower rates of reoffending. It recommends measures to improve the employment prospects of newly released people - from strengthening anti-discrimination laws to identifying inmates most in need of support - in the interest of public safety.
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Yet the response, received in a 54-page compilation of internal emails, indicates the force does not separately track cases of murdered and missing Indigenous women, despite calls for greater transparency and a new approach to its relationship with Indigenous communities.
In March 2020, The Tyee requested the total resources spent investigating cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls between Jan. 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020.
A tally of responses forwarded from divisions across Canada shows the RCMP spent just over $3.6 million during the 15-month period, a small slice of its $3.5-billion annual budget.
However that total is incomplete and does not provide a full picture of how Canada’s national police force addresses what the national inquiry described as “genocide” against Indigenous women.