Aproximate amount of prisoners | 107 |
Approximate amount of indigenous identifying prisoners | 107 |
Location | Iqaluit, NU |
Provincial or Federal | Provincial |
Security | Minimum, Medium and Maximum |
Male or Female | Male |
The Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility was formerly known as Baffin Correctional Centre
Individual prisoner statistics are not known so the amount of prisoners is the prisoner capacity of the Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility and the number of indigenous identifying prisoners is 100% of the approximate amount of prisoners rounded up, because 100% of prisoners in the Nunavut provincial prison system identify as indigenous
Aaqqigiarvik Correctional Healing Facility is on the traditonal land of the Inuit peoples
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.
“Say Goodbye to ‘Appalling’ Nunavut Prison: Plan to Replace Baffin Correctional Centre by 2021.” CBC, 28 Oct. 2016, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/baffin-correctional-centre-iqaluit-jail-renovation-1.3823341. Accessed 8 June 2024.
Canada,. “Follow-up on Corrections in Nunavut—Department of Justice.” Oag-Bvg.gc.ca, 2021, www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/nun_202109_e_43885.html. Accessed 8 June 2024.