A study by the Correctional Service of Canada found disproportionately few Filipino- and Chinese-Canadians are in federal prisons, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. .“Chinese and Filipino men were underrepresented in institutional and community offender populations,” said the study. .The study said most of the prisoners were serving less than four years for non-violent crimes, like drug offences. .“Canada is a multicultural society with a growing ethnocultural population, which is mirrored in the Correctional Service’s offender population,” said researchers. .“Thus research on ethnocultural offenders, particularly groups overrepresented in the correctional population, should be conducted regularly.”.Census data shows Filipino-Canadians comprise about 3% of the population but less than half of 1% of federal prisoners. It said Chinese-Canadians are 5% of the population but less than .5% of inmates. .The study said indigenous and black men were overrepresented in prison. .“While representing 3% of the Canadian public, black men represented 9% of men in custody,” it said. .“Indigenous men represented 5% of the Canadian public compared with 25% of men in custody.”.This study comes after serial offender Randall McKenzie was charged December 28 after allegedly killing Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala, 28. .READ MORE: MORGAN: Race-based criminal sentencing is costing innocent lives.McKenzie was banned from possessing firearms. Despite demonstrating so many signs of violent tendencies, he was granted bail — because he's indigenous — after a recent arrest where he was found with a firearm. .It all comes down to the Gladue Principles. The Gladue Principles state lighter sentences should be given to indigenous offenders by the courts whenever possible.
