Aboriginal Deaths In Custody

The report revealed many damning facts including: 1)Aboriginal people were the most disadvantaged group in Australia, 2) recognising the injustices committed by the white settlers upon the Aboriginals, and its consequences to the current Aboriginal condition, and 3) Aboriginal are the highest represented group within our prisons and have the highest death in custody rate.

In tandem with these findings, the Commission published a total of 339 recommendations which would, if implemented assist in pulling Aboriginal statistics out of the red. However, more than a decade later, it is important to look at whether there has been change, whether there have been implementations, and if these have made substantial changes in figures and standards.

The Royal Commission attributed the most prominent cause of the over-representation in cu

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This policy, in context of the Aboriginal population, completely contradicts what was recommended by the Royal Commission, whereby incarceration was policy of last resort, when all alternate avenues had been expended.

Both Federal and State Governments have not entirely adopted the recommendations made by the Royal Commission. Instead, what is being implemented are laws which put into practice the very policies which gave birth to the high levels of deaths and incaration. These statistics reveal a major failure in policies aimed at implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission. 1 per cent of the Australian population”

The conditions of Aboriginals, both in incarceration and within the community have not improved. Results reveal that deaths and incarceration levels are higher than the decade prior to the report, and also Aboriginal people still remain the most disadvantaged and impoverished class.

More and more, as a part of reconciliation, Australians are taking responsibility for the past. One such positive response has been the establishment by the New South Wales Police Service of the Prisoner Admission and Management Form (PAMF), in 1994. As mentioned prior in the above paragraphs, statistics reveal that what is being implemented is not quite being filtered through to the grass-root level.

Between 1988 and 1998, the incarceration rate of Indigenous people had more than doubled, increasing at an average of 6.

Especially within the area of deaths in custody, apart from the official reports published by government and Aboriginal organizations, there is a lack of independent media participation. In tandem with this, the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs also release a press issue in relation to the report. When compared with total prison deaths, Aboriginal deaths in custody statistics have also risen, from 12. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has detailed a vast variety of facts and figures which all point to an increase in the levels of Aboriginals coming into contacts with the legal system within the last decade since the report.

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