The NSW parliamentary inquiry into Aboriginal deaths in custody handed down a range of recommendations on Thursday, including the investigation of deaths in custody by the State’s independent watchdog.
April 15, 2021 marks 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody first handed down its findings. Since then, more than 450 First Nations people have died in custody.
Fifteen families of those who have died in custody are calling on the Federal Government to put an end to Black deaths in custody on the anniversary of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
A 16-year-old Aboriginal girl who was strip searched by New South Wales Police has lost an appeal to have her trial heard by a female magistrate, despite setting a precedent on the matter in the NSW Court of Appeal earlier last month.
Aboriginal justice organisations have condemned a move by the NT Government to tighten youth bail laws, saying it will have a disproportionately negative impact on Indigenous youth.
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