{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Road to Your Name Podcast","title":"Road To Your Name - Season 6, Episode 10: A conversation with Kathy Neil, Deputy Commissioner for Indigenous Corrections","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1228,"description":"This episode was recorded in February of 2024.  Kathy Neil was appointed the first Deputy Commissioner for Indigenous Corrections in May 2023.\nEpisode Summary:\nIn this powerful episode, host Lisa speaks with Kathy Neil, Métis from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, who has spent nearly three decades working in corrections and now serves as the first Deputy Commissioner for Indigenous Corrections with Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). Kathy shares her journey through the prison system, the stark reality of Indigenous over-representation, and how she is working to reshape corrections through Indigenous-led solutions and cultural healing.In This Episode:\n• Kathy’s career path: from correctional officer to penitentiary warden to Deputy Commissioner for Indigenous Corrections.\n• The current state of Indigenous representation in federal corrections: approximately 32% of the population and around 33% admissions.\n• Key priorities: Raising the voice of Elders and culturally-informed interventions within CSC.\n• The role of Elders, knowledge-holders, and spiritual advisors in correctional facilities—how their cultural work must be better understood and respected.\n• Indigenous-stream programming in correctional institutions, including trauma-informed care like horse-therapy, women’s healing lodges, and expanded mother-child programs recognizing extended-family relationships.\n• The significance of Section 81 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act: transferring supervision of federally-sentenced Indigenous persons to Indigenous community organizations, and the positive results of Healing Lodges.\n• Challenges and opportunities in the role: policy updates, community engagement, recruiting Indigenous staff, and influencing outcomes for Indigenous offenders.\n• Kathy’s motivation: influencing policy, creating choices for Indigenous people in the system, and working toward better outcomes.Key Quotes:“The over-representation of Indigenous people in the justice system is really...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/EMAPSU_o9vetcBfJJ4OU41woZtyCGFgI7d9nIXpjEOY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iMGM3/MjAxOGE0Njg1ZWVj/MWUxZTFkMzllNmI3/ZWQzZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}