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There are many more people on parole and probation — almost double — compared to those incarcerated behind bars. And just as Native Americans are overrepresented in jails and prisons, they make up a disproportionate number of those on supervised release. Criminal justice advocates point to policies and practices that set up hurdles that trip up Native Americans on probation and parole more than other populations. We’ll explore the problems and find out how some correction systems are responding to minimize discrepancies.
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Kristina Lucero (Tseycum First Nation), director for American Indian Governance and Policy Institute
Alex Cleghorn (Tangirnaq Native Village), president of Tangirnaq Native Village and chief operating officer for the Alaska Native Justice Center
Ali Lacayo, social services advocate for the Montana Innocence Project and operations coordinator at Welcome Back
Christian Williams, clinical instructor for Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Institute
Break 1 Music: Ideal Dub (song) Casper Loma Da-Wa (artist) Honor the People (album)
Break 2 Music: 2 Hour Parking (song) Cris Derksen (artist) The Cusp (album)
Thank you for discussing this terrible phenomenon and airing the horrific stats; it sickens one but it’s also a motivator to do more work toward the abolition of prisons.
I enjoyed a statement from another NAC where the person said that indigenous people used to just have someone who did a bad thing spend more time bonding with their uncles or something to that effect. Not throwing them in a cage.
And, quite glad to hear in the news section of the program that more tribes are banning Noem.