Aproximate amount of prisoners | 148 adult, 25 youth |
Approximate amount of indigenous identifying prisoners | 135* |
Location | Yellowknife, NW |
Provincial or Federal | Provincial, but has both federal and provincial prisoners |
Security | Minimum, Medium and Maximum |
Male or Female | Male |
North Slave Correctional Complex has both adult and youth prisoners
Individual prisoner statistics are not known so the amount of prisoners is the prisoner capacity of North Slave Correctional Complex and the number of indigenous identifying prisoners is 91% of the approximate amount of prisoners rounded up, because 91% of prisoners in the Northwest Territories prison system identify as indigenous
North Slave Correctional Complex is on Treaty 8 and is in the traditonal land of both the Yellowknife Dene and the North Slave Metis
* Amount of indigenous identifying prisoners only counts adult prisoners
Canada,. “This Interactive Data Visualization Dashboard Provides an Overview of Correctional Services Programs in Canada. The Dashboard Features Statistics on Average Daily Counts, Community and Custodial Admissions and the Characteristics of Adults and Youth in the Correctional System (such as Age, Sex and Aboriginal Identity). A Map Is Available for Users to View Data by Province, Territory or Federal Programs.” Statcan.gc.ca, Government of Canada, Statistics Canada, 19 Nov. 2019, www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2019018-eng.htm. Accessed 7 June 2024.
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“North Slave Correctional Complex - Adult Male Unit.” Gov.nt.ca, 2024, www.justice.gov.nt.ca/en/north-slave-correctional-centre/. Accessed 7 June 2024.
“About Us | NWT Recreation and Parks Association | Yellowknife.” NWTRPA, 2016, www.nwtrpa.org/territory-acknowledgement#:~:text=The%20NWT%20Recreation%20and%20Parks,and%20the%20North%20Slave%20Metis. Accessed 7 June 2024.