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New changes to B.C. Prosecution Service Indigenous Justice Framework


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VICTORIA, B.C – The British Columbia Prosecution Service announced changes to policies that specifically target the overrepresentation of Indigenous persons in the BC criminal justice system.
Government commissions and reports, and judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada have, for decades, recognized that Indigenous persons experience discrimination and unacceptable overrepresentation at all levels of the criminal justice system.
According to British Columbia Prosecution Service Communications Counsel Dan McLaughlin, “Close to 30 per cent of the inmate population is comprised of Indigenous persons, whereas the general Canadian population they represent in the order of 4 per cent.” ....

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New policies seek to reduce overrepresentation of Indigenous offenders in B.C. criminal justice system | iNFOnews


(CHARLOTTE HELSTON / iNFOnews.ca)
January 18, 2021 - 1:28 PM
New policy changes introduced by the B.C. Prosecution Service aims to increase fairness and reduce overrepresentation of Indigenous people facing the province’s criminal justice system.
The B.C. Prosecution Service announced the changes in a press release issued Friday, Jan. 15, which are part of the Indigenous Justice Framework policy introduced in April, 2019.
A key aspect of the new policy emphasizes the need for restraint in all sentencing and bail matters, recognizing jail terms particularly those of two years or less should be seen as a last resort.
The new policies include a requirement for Crown counsel to consider “all reasonable alternatives to prosecution,” increasing the number and types of offences that can be considered for an alternative to prosecution. ....

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