The Globe and Mail
For Indigenous women, systemic racial bias in prison leaves many worse off than men
In the standardized tests that determine federal inmates’ paths to rehabilitation, Indigenous women are more likely than white women to get the worst scores – with long-lasting negative effects after their release Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Patricia Whyte of Halifax and support dog Carl sit at the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia, where she is a peer support worker for vulnerable women and girls. She worries that prison officials gave her higher security classifications than she should have had because she is Indigenous.