By Macarena Mantilla, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Wren Content warning: This article includes statistics of sexual abuse, violence, the topic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and the criminal system. Please read with care. Boyd Peters (Xoyet thet), a member of the Sts’ailes Nation, is the vice-chair for the B.C. First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC). Present at the press conference hosted to celebrate the opening of the new Indigenous Justice Centre (IJC) in Kamloops (Tk’emlúps), Peters shared his take on why these centres are vital for healthy communities. “IJCs are meant to strengthen community safety and break cycles of repeat offending in meaningful ways,” he says. “They provide a way for people to step out of the criminal justice system and return to their true selves, grounded in…
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