In Quebec, Inuit are 15 times more likely to be jailed than average: provincial data
Mylene Jaccoud, a criminology professor at Universite de Montreal who studies the criminalization of Indigenous people in Quebec, said that while non-Inuit Indigenous Peoples are over-represented in provincial jails, there’s an “over, over-representation of Inuit.”
Jaccoud said the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement gave the Inuit a level of self-government. But that self-governing process isn’t as advanced in the North as it is in other Indigenous communities, such as the Cree territories, she said.“The Cree have taken charge of their administration of justice, while the Inuit have not. That’s a big difference,” Jaccoud said, adding that most police officers in the region aren’t Inuit.
A 2022 class-action lawsuit filed against the provincial government on behalf of more than 1,500 Inuit detainees alleges the rights of Inuit are systematically violated when they are transferred long distances from home.Story continues below advertisement
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