Indigenous Incarceration
The relationship between the Northern Territory Government and Aboriginal organisations and peak bodies is at an all-time low, with key members pulling out of a key Closing the Gap forum over a breakd...
Many First Nations people with disabilities in custody are spending lengthy periods on remand — many without convictions — and are often not receiving the adequate care they need, a new In...
Senator Lidia Thorpe and the Greens are the latest to call for a controversial Victorian amendment that would mean prisoners are no longer guaranteed daily access to fresh air to be scrapped.
A young Aboriginal Territorian has launched a Federal Court challenge against Northern Territory laws that cap compensation for people unlawfully harmed by the government while in custody.
First Nations Australians are among the most incarcerated peoples in the world. The latest ABS data shows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners account for 37 per cent of the national prison...
The United Nations' finding that the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the criminal justice system "reflects systemic and structural racial discrimination" is another sign the Prime Ministe...
New data has prompted the head of an Indigenous justice service to accuse the Tasmanian Government of failing Aboriginal people. Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service CEO, Jake Smith, said new adult pris...
New data shows that in 2024-25, the ACT Government spent an estimated $36.2 million on detaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Alexander Maconochie Centre and the Bimberi Youth J...
The annual Closing the Gap Day is intended, at least in principle, to mark steady progress toward eliminating the entrenched disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Warning: The following article contains references to suicide, which may be distressing to readersAustralia's Indigenous incarceration rates continue to rise sharply, while the proportion of children...
Almost 140 children under the age of 14 were held in detention in Western Australia in the last financial year without ever being sentenced, whilst mental health outcomes across the state decline.
The Northern Territory Government says falling crime rates in Alice Springs demonstrate its controversial justice policies are delivering results, as the federal government considers using funding pre...
First Nations people are being disproportionately held on remand under Australia's increasingly restrictive bail laws, according to new research highlighting the impact of tougher "law and order" refo...