Ninety per cent of inmates at the provincial jail in Kenora, Ont., are Indigenous and all of them are suffering from mental illness, cognitive impairment

March 19, 2017

[nothing about FASD] “Ninety per cent of inmates at the provincial jail in Kenora, Ont., are Indigenous and all of them are suffering from mental illness, cognitive impairment or addictions, according to the Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission…”

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/kenora-jail-1.3988460

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