Misgendering Indigenous people in prison is abuse of a demographic that is already subject to significant discrimination and harm.
The new CSC policy sets gender-diverse people up for harm, and also leaves them with little recourse when their rights are violated. NWAC implores the CSC and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, pictured, to fix this policy before any more harms occur, writes Sarah Niman.A new corrections policy fails Indigenous gender-diverse people by leaving them vulnerable to abuses that Canadian human rights laws were meant to prevent.Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper.
The law has no business establishing gender as a characteristic deserving legal scrutiny.
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