How to Address the Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Legal System
A reflection on my conversation with Marion Bueller, the Judge that brought First Nations Court to British Columbia.
At the University of the Fraser Valley, I took the Criminology and Criminal Justice Program. It was there that I learned about the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system. While we represent around 5% of the population, we represent around 30% of admissions into the provincial and federal prison systems.1
The question for on…
