One little Indian.

One of the reasons I started this blog was to have an outlet for all the stupid stuff that goes on in this world. A good rant might not solve anything but it sure makes me feel better to get this shit off my chest once in a while. I ran across another one today!!!

Let me see if I get this straight and never mind that the Indians here in Canada are flouting the law with their stupid land claims every time they need an injection of cash.

Correctional investigator Howard Sapers said the overall incarceration rate for aboriginal Canadians was nine times higher than for the population at large and the situation was even worse for aboriginal women.(Sob)

Basicaly this means that Indians are 900% more likely to be in jail and the women are 1,000% more likely to be inmates than the general population. (Native population in Canada about 2% - prison population about 20%)

Now, here comes the kicker!

Releasing his annual report into conditions in federal prisons, correctional investigator Howard Sapers said the challenges faced by aboriginal people in Canadian jails amounts to "a national disgrace."

"Despite years of task force reports, internal reviews, national strategies, partnership agreements and action plans, there has been no measurable improvements in the conditions for aboriginal offenders during the last 20 years," said Sapers at a news conference in Ottawa.

Even though everyone in jail is locked up and treated the same, (after all, they are just a part of the prison population, they are not housed seperately) Mr. Sapers tells us that it's the Native population that is so hard done by and mistreated!

"Aboriginal offenders are routinely discriminated against by the corrections system and are far less likely to get parole or be rehabilitated by their experiences in jail." The ombudsman says

Did Mr. Saper ever stop to think that the reason they don't get parole as easily is somehow tied to the fact that they are ten times more likely to get thrown into jail in the first place?

Almost any other ethnic group has integrated into North American society with little or no pain and I don't see why the Indians should be given any special consideration.

You can call these comments racist if you want but my mother always told me you couldn't get in trouble for telling the truth!

Your Scribe;
Allan W Janssen