Advocates call for ‘decarceration,’ other measures to end overrepresentation of Indigenous women in Canada’s jails

Indigenous women are overrepresented in Canada’s prisons, and critics blame systemic factors. Now, a report co-authored by Canadian senators looks at the cases of 12 Indigenous women and calls for their exoneration. Matt Galloway talks to Senator Kim Pate, who co-authored the report; Lynne Groulx, CEO of the Native Women's Association of Canada; and Corey Shefman, a lawyer for Indigenous peoples and organizations at Olthuis Kleer Townshend.