A group of Kenora lawyers is speaking out against proposed changes to the Criminal Code of Canada.The Kenora Lawyers Sentencing Group is worried that the federal government's amendments could result in more aboriginal people being sent to jail.
The group says there are already too first nation residents represented in the Kenora Jail.
A recent survey found that 85 percent of the male inmates were of aboriginal descent and 100 percent of the women were from local first nations.