Okalik: Nunavut corrections policy will be “grounded in Inuit values” – Nunatsiaq News
Minister responds to auditor general’s report with “made-in-Nunavut” plan
March 12, 2015
Nunavut’s justice minister, Paul Okalik, says the territory needs a “made-in-Nunavut” solution to rehabilitate convicted offenders doing territorial time.
“We’re looking at the legislation to cater to the inmates, so that more Inuit-focused treatment will be provided to the inmates, and they can move on with their lives and be more productive members” of society, he told Nunatsiaq News at Nunavut’s legislative assembly, March 11.
In a minister’s statement earlier that day, Okalik set out his department’s response to the Auditor General of Canada’s scathing report on Nunavut’s correctional system.
The report found Nunavut’s correctional facilities pose serious risks to inmates and staff.
