Indigenous deaths in custody highest in 45yrs with urgent calls for change | ABC NEWS
At just 3.8% of Australia’s population, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people take up a disproportionate share of Australia’s prisoners.
33 of the 113 people who died in custody in the 2024-25 financial year were First Nations.
Advocates and criminal law experts are calling it a national crisis with a need for urgent change.
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