Policing and Corrections
- Aboriginal Corrections
- PSEPC works with Aboriginal people, governments and organizations to develop unique and innovative solutions to the challenges that Aboriginal people encounter within the community corrections and criminal justice systems.
Source: Government of Canada; Public Safety Canada- Aboriginal Initiatives Directorate
- Mandated to create partnerships and strategies that enhance the safe and timely reintegration of Aboriginal offenders into the community.
Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)- Aboriginal Peoples Collection (Aboriginal Corrections Publications)
- Series of reports form the Aboriginal Peoples Collection on corrections.
Source: Government of Canada; Public Safety Canada- Aboriginal Policing
- PSEPC works with Aboriginal communities, provincial/territorial governments and other law enforcement partners to implement the First Nations Policing Policy (FNPP).
Source: Government of Canada; Public Safety Canada- Aboriginal – Publications by Subject
- Series of publications, from Correctional Services Canada, all related to Aboriginal issues.
Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)- Community, Contract and Aboriginal Policing
- This page from the RCMP features the highlights of the Community, Contract and Aboriginal Policing.
Source: Government of Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)- Federally Sentenced Aboriginal Women in Maximum Security: What Happened to the Promises of "Creating Choices"?
- It offers CSC recommendations and insights into better serving the Aboriginal women in maximum security.
Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)- First Nations Police Governance Authorities
- FNPGA was established to assist with the development of training seminars, workshops, enlisting facilitators and presenters and developing training topics for First Nations Police Governance Authority members from across Canada.
- Funding Programs
- Provides links to the three funding programs: Crime Prevention Action Fund, Policing, Corrections and Communities Fund, and Research and Knowledge Development Fund.
Source: Government of Canada; Public Safety Canada- Healing Lodges for Aboriginal Federal Offenders
Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)- HR Study (A Human Resource Study of First Nations Policing in Canada)
- The purpose of the study is to determine what personnel and financial resources are required to effectively and efficiently provide policing services within First Nations communities.
- Source: First Nations Chiefs of Police Association and Human Resources Development Canada
- Let's Talk Vol. 31, No. 1
Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)- National Aboriginal Courtworker Program
- The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Courtworker Program helps accused persons going through the criminal justice system. It is cost-shared with the federal government.
Source: Government of Saskatchewan; Justice- Native Courtworker Program
- This Program works to ensure that Aboriginal people involved in the criminal justice system obtain fair, just, equitable and culturally-sensitive treatment under the law.
Source: Government of Canada; Justice Canada, Department of- Needs of Inuit Offenders in Federal Correctional Facilities, The – Report (2004) (PDF)
- As part of the Inuit Needs research project, this comprehensive report examines the institutional and community reintegration needs of Inuit federal offenders.
Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)- Profile of an Aboriginal Woman Serving Time in a Federal Institution
- This page describes the profile of an Aboriginal woman serving time in a federal institution.
Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)- RCMP First Nations Community Policing Service, The (RCMP – FNCPS)
- Gives First Nations communities greater control over the delivery and management of policing services in their communities.
Source: Government of Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)- References to Native Issues in Canada's Human Rights Reports – Human Rights Program
- The following table provides direct links to this information according to the Covenant or Convention article being reported on, the jurisdiction reporting, and the subject matter.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
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