Its calling on state and territory governments to scrap mandatory prison sentences for minor offences -- a growing cause of incarceration for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Cut Indigenous Jail Rates by Scrapping Mandatory Sentences: Bar Association
Federal Attorney General George Brandis Source: AAP
The Australian Bar Association (ABA) says the number of Indigenous Australians behind bars is a national disgrace.Image: Federal Attorney General George Brandis. (AAP)
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