An Inuk woman says she was left vulnerable and became a target for a human trafficker after she was released from prison with nowhere to go. Advocates say it’s proof Manitoba’s justice system needs an overhaul.
Jessica LeBlanc spent 11 months at the Women’s Correctional Centre in Headingley, awaiting her court date, where she was sentenced to just two days for resisting arrest.
She was released on a Friday after 5 p.m. and said there was no transition or release plan made for her.
“They repeatedly release women to nothing,” she said. “Just out on the street with a bus ticket.”
While in jail, LeBlanc, 29, was
