1. The percentage of
Aboriginal inmates
in provincial prisons
increased
dramatically
between 1978 and
2001, in every
province in Canada.
Canadian Inmate Health – Oahai Manual, May 2003

2. What Solutions Have Been Offered
• According to statistics one of the largest causes of
Aboriginals in jail has to do with poverty
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• The federal government gives about $7 billion a year to
First Nations and has added 2,000 bureaucrats to Indian
Affairs over the past 15 years
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• As well, both the Canadian and US government has
invested a large amount into programs and services dealing
with Aboriginal society aids
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/research-funding/scientific-
meetings/2006/indigenous-suicide-prevention-research-and-
programs/participants-list.shtml

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4. SERVICES Services are not helpful to the aboriginals and
their programs are unsuccessful in aiding their situations
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- Part of what makes these programs ineffective is the lack
of people that attend these programs
MONEY  Money that was given to the Aboriginal people
has fixed some problems such as housing and clean water to
some aboriginal societies. However, specifically to reduce the
Aboriginal incarceration rate it has done little