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A’aishah Abdul Hameed

A’aishah Abdul Hameed is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto in the criminology, law, and society program.

History repeats itself: overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canadian prisons is alarming

TORONTO—The endemic overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canadian prisons is a systemic issue that transcends beyond carceral walls. Indigenous people account for five per

Opinion | BY A’AISHAH ABDUL HAMEED | June 29, 2020

Independent Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, pictured during a prison visit in the last Parliament as part of the Senate Human Rights Committee's study on Canada's prisons. The crisis of Indigenous overrepresentation in Canadian prisons is a pressing human rights issue that calls for immediate action. The problem in part is due to the legal and political paradigms that remain an injustice to Indigenous offenders, writes A’aishah Abdul Hameed. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada

History repeats itself: overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canadian prisons is alarming

Opinion | BY A’AISHAH ABDUL HAMEED | June 29, 2020

TORONTO—The endemic overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canadian prisons is a systemic issue that transcends beyond carceral walls. Indigenous people account for five per

History repeats itself: overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canadian prisons is alarming

Opinion | BY A’AISHAH ABDUL HAMEED | June 29, 2020

TORONTO—The endemic overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canadian prisons is a systemic issue that transcends beyond carceral walls. Indigenous people account for five per

Independent Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, pictured during a prison visit in the last Parliament as part of the Senate Human Rights Committee's study on Canada's prisons. The crisis of Indigenous overrepresentation in Canadian prisons is a pressing human rights issue that calls for immediate action. The problem in part is due to the legal and political paradigms that remain an injustice to Indigenous offenders, writes A’aishah Abdul Hameed. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada