What are the parties promising on Indigenous incarceration?

We don't have any Liberal policies on Indigenous incarceration.

We don't have any Conservative policies on Indigenous incarceration.

We don't have any Bloc policies on Indigenous incarceration.

NDP

Launch a national inquiry into systemic violence and racism against Indigenous people within Canadian institutions

Green

Adopt and implement a decarceration strategy in dealing with Indigenous offenders
Set benchmark goals for the reduction of the number of Indigenous prisoners, and work to take Indigenous persons out of the prison system earlier

"Establish benchmark goals for the reduction of the number of Indigenous prisoners, and actively work to take Indigenous persons out of the prison system earlier. This includes creating alternatives to prisons and reinventing current risk assessment models." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
Turn over the custody, treatment, and reintegration of Indigenous offenders to Indigenous communities and organisations
Substantially invest in preventive measures to remedy the impact of colonisation, residential schools, forced displacement, and the sixties Scoop

"Commit to ending the systemic over-incarceration of Indigenous Peoples by substantially investing in preventative measures to remedy the impact of colonization, residential schools, forced displacement, and the Sixties Scoop, including Indigenous education, languages, cultural and spiritual institutions, housing, and mental health." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
Invest in Indigenous-led restorative justice and healing practices
Expand the number of healing lodges that are available across the country

"Expand the number of healing lodges that are available across the country, so that there are more healing lodges available close to every community that has an Indigenous population." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Indigenous incarceration platforms

NDP

Green

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