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Within the criminal justice system for indigenous peoples, there is still much work to be done in terms of reconciliation. While corrective measures have been made, the failure to act on 'calls to action' and the unwillingness to regard indigenous criminals as both victims and offenders are reasons why the First Nations incarceration population has increased despite action.

Indigenous overrepresentation is thought to have begun during World War II, according to Campbell and Wellman (2020). As reported by the Department of Justice (2017), this has only gotten worse. Indigenous men and women account for 24% and 38% of all jail admissions, respectively, despite being less than 5% of the Canadian population. Prison and custody admissions are roughly ten times higher for native men than for other men, and twelve times higher for Indigenous women than for other women (p. 146).

The overrepresentation of indigenous peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system is a serious issue that will be discussed throughout this exhibition through truth and reconciliation reports, calls to action, missing and murdered indigenous women, and section 718.2(e) of the Canadian Criminal Code, also known as Gladue.