State of the Criminal Justice System Dashboard
Indigenous adults among the total federal offender population
| Collection source : | Correctional Service of Canada |
| What it is? : | This indicator represents the number and percentage of Indigenous adults among the total offender population under federal correctional supervision. The total adult offender population includes all active offenders who are incarcerated in a Correctional Service of Canada facility, offenders on temporary absence from a Correctional Service of Canada facility, offenders who are temporarily detained, offenders who are actively supervised, and offenders who are unlawfully at large for less than 90 days. The in-custody population includes all active offenders incarcerated in a Correctional Service of Canada facility, offenders on temporary absence from a Correctional Service of Canada facility, offenders who are temporarily detained in a Correctional Service of Canada facility and offenders on remand in a Correctional Service of Canada facility. The in community under supervision includes all active offenders on day parole, full parole, statutory release, or in the community supervised on a long term supervision order, offenders who are temporarily detained in a non-Correctional Service of Canada facility, offenders who are unlawfully at large for less than 90 days, offenders on remand in a non-Correctional Service of Canada facility, and offenders supervised and subject to an immigration hold by the Canada Border Services Agency. |
| Why is it important? : | A decrease in this indicator could mean a reduction in the systemic discrimination and an improvement of the socio-economic factors that contribute to the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system. |
| Direction of improvement : | The expected direction of improvement for this indicator is a decrease. |
| Geographic coverage : | Canada |
| Limitation : | For more detailed notes, click on the export to spreadsheet function. |
| Direction : | The value increased from the previous year and is not moving in the defined direction of improvement. |
| Resources : | 2021 Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview 2020 Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview 2019 Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview 2018 Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview 2017 Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview 2016 Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview |