JustFacts: The Impact of Mandatory Minimum Penalties on Indigenous Peoples and Black and Other Racialized Groups

This fact sheet presents information on Canadian federal offenders who were admitted to federal custody between fiscal years 2010/11 and 2019/20 for an offence punishable by a mandatory minimum penalty (MMP) as the most serious offence on sentence. Data were obtained from the Correctional Service of Canada. The primary aim of this research study was to examine whether Indigenous and racialized (i.e., non-White, non-Indigenous) offenders were differentially affected by MMPs over the ten-year period.

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Title (French)	Précis des faits : Conséquences des peines minimales obligatoires sur les Autochtones ainsi que sur les Noirs et autres groupes racisés
Update Frequency	as_needed
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Sensitivity Level	unrestricted
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Contact Email	OG-GO@justice.gc.ca
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Open Canada Date Published	2022-05-01 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified
Open Canada Subject	["government_and_politics", "health_and_safety", "law", "persons", "society_and_culture"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"fr": ["Système de justice pénale", "recherche", "statistiques sur les crimes", "identités racialisées", "condemnation"], "en": ["Criminal justice system", "research", "crime statistics", "racialized identities", "sentencing"]}
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