Prison service trying to better understand the needs of black offenders
(WorldNews Canada)

OTTAWA — Canada’s prison service is working to better understand the needs of black offenders, a community whose overrepresentation in federal custody is second only to Indigenous people’s. The Correctional Service of Canada has begun to study the black inmate population more closely and track the associated data, says a newly released briefing note, prepared for Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. “Research is being conducted on the size, growth, geographic distribution, country of origin, as well as the language profile of the population.” The effort comes seven years after a study by the federal prison ombudsman found black inmates commonly reported...