From the Office of the Correctional Investigator:

Outcome Gaps:  Aboriginal vs. Non-Aboriginal Offenders

Aboriginal offenders lag significantly behind their non-Aboriginal counterparts on nearly every indicator of correctional performance and outcome. These men and women are:

• Routinely classified as higher risk and higher need in categories such as employment, community reintegration and family supports;
• Released later in their sentence (lower parole grant rates), most leave prison at Statutory Release or Warrant Expiry dates;
• Over-represented in segregation and maximum security populations;
• Disproportionately involved in use of force interventions and incidents of prison self-injury; and
• More likely to return to prison on revocation of parole, often for administrative reasons, not criminal violations.