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Aboriginal Inmates
Aboriginal women inmate classification
Hanson Wirsig Matheos with the law firm of Conroy and Company has commenced a class action law suit in Federal Court on behalf of Aboriginal women prisoners who have been systematically over classified when admitted into federal penitentiaries.
The Correctional Service of Canada has used, since 1991, a system for classifying Federal prisoners known as the Custody Rating Scale ("CRS").
It is alleged that since 1996 it became apparent that CRS was working to the disadvantage of Aboriginal women.
In the result, hundreds of Aboriginal women have been classified as "medium" who should have been classified as "minimum".
As a further result, these women faced challenges with their release dates (parole), and were subject to harsher prison conditions.
It is believed that, in the result, Aboriginal women have served many years of unwarranted prison time, under worse conditions than is reasonably necessary, in ways that directly affected their liberty.
If you believe you have a legal claim in this regard please contact us now.