SBS News – Australia ·australia ·6 hours ago

Indigenous incarceration rates surge as 630 Aboriginal Australians die in custody

On the 35th anniversary of a landmark report on Aboriginal deaths in custody, 630 Indigenous Australians have died in custody since its release. William Tilmouth, co-chair of Children's Ground, emphasized the lack of progress, stating, 'There's nothing to celebrate.' Indigenous incarceration rates have soared, with 35 percent of the prison population now being First Nations people.

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