This study investigates how Canada’s correctional system employs the healing lodges for Indigenous offender rehabilitation programs. This analysis underlines the necessity of developing indigenous-friendly rehabilitation initiatives that treat the core causes of the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples within the Canadian criminal justice system. The research shows that healing lodges lead to a substantial decrease in reoffending rates compared to conventional correctional facilities. The complete potential of healing lodges remains limited by various systemic barriers, such as strict eligibility requirements coupled with insufficient funding and insufficient Indigenous self-governance control. Policy reforms must include the different and varied security offender program expansion supplemented with steady funding sources and complete Indigenous autonomy in healing lodge administration operations. Future studies must concentrate on how long-term offenders reintegrate into society while investigating rehabilitative needs that are unique to Indigenous People in Canada. Healing lodges must be positioned as a central element in Canadian justice system operations to mitigate prisoner reoffending patterns while promoting Indigenous self-governance and achieving robust reconciliation aims in Canada.
