Indigenous incarceration rates

02 Jul 2010By KAREN ASHFORD

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High rates of Indigenous incarceration are described as an international embarrassment and a black mark on Australia's human rights record.

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Australia's high rate of incarceration of Indigenous people is showing no signs of dropping.

 

Of particular concern is the chronic over-representation of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in youth detention and prison.

 

Karen Ashford reports.

 

 

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