The Aboriginal Disability Justice Campaign says at least 30 mentally-impaired Indigenous Australians are being held in indefinite detention without being convicted of a crime, because there's nowhere else to send them.
23-year-old Rosie Anne Fulton is one such case.
Ms Fulton, who was born with foetal alcohol syndrome, has spent the last 18-months in a West Australian prison after being charged with driving offences.
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Thea Cowie spoke with Patrick McGee from the Aboriginal Disability Justice Campaign about why people like her are stuck in legal limbo.
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