Asians, Filipinos, Arabs 'Underrepresented' in Federal Prisons, Correctional Service Canada SaysFederal prisons have disproportionately few Canadians whose ethnic origins are Chinese, Filipino, and Arab or West Asian, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) said, without providing a clear definition of what it said was an “underrepresentation” of these ethnicities in prisons.
"Chinese and Filipino men were underrepresented in institutional and community offender populations," the CSC said in a study, obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter. The study also said people of these ethnicities in prison typically serve less than four years for non-violent crimes like drug offences, according to Blacklock’s.
Chinese Canadians made up 5 percent (1.8 million) of the total Canadian population, while Filipino Canadians comprise about 3 percent (837,130 people) of the general population, according to the 2016 census. In federal prisons, Chinese Canadians account for less than half a percent of inmates, and Filipino Canadians make up less than half of 1 percent of federal prisoners, Blacklock’s said....
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