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Hundreds gathered in Boorloo Perth last night to call for the Unit 18 child prison to be abolished. The rally was led by the family of Cleveland Dodd, who died in the custody of the youth justice system last week. Noongar Elder, Uncle Ben Taylor Cuermara, gave the welcome to country at the rally and has been …
The Attorney General, Mark Dreyfus, announced that Indigenous deaths in custody will now be reported on as they happen, as opposed to the quarterly reportings that have happened in the past. This change comes from one of the many suggestions from the Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths in Custody, a report that is now over …
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New research from the University of Queensland found many First Nations women who died in custody had not been sentenced, and that the trend is continuing. The research team analysed more than 700 coroners’ inquest reports between 1991 and 2020, finding most of these deaths could have been prevented. The findings also show only two out of 16 …
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A 51-year-old Indigenous man in Kowanyama, Far North Queensland died in custody last week. Inequalities in the health sector, unconscious bias, long-term neglect within the justice system and colonial influences are explored as contributing factors for Indigenous deaths in custody. While recommendations provided by First Nations people in addition to those by the Royal Commission …
Systemic neglect accounts for Indigenous deaths in custody Read More »