The Canadian government is finalizing an agreement to turn over management of the Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge to the Nekaneet First Nation.

The 28-bed lodge for women holds minimum- and medium-security prisoners, most of whom are Native. It is a federal facility.

In 2000, Native women made up 23 percent of the federal prison population. The general population is only 2.8 percent Native.

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