Years of life lost to incarceration: inequities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians

• Published in: BMC Public Health
• Main Authors: Owusu-Bempah, Akwasi, Kanters, Steve, Druyts, Eric, Toor, Kabirraaj, Muldoon, Katherine A, Farquhar, John W, Mills, Edward J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2014
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Canada; Sullivan; Penal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/55247; https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-585

Background: Aboriginal representation in Canadian correctional institutions has increased rapidly over the past decade. We calculated “years of life lost to incarceration” for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. Methods Incarceration data from provincial databases were used conjointly with demo...