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Cut Indigenous Jail Rates by Scrapping Mandatory Sentences: Bar Association

Federal Attorney General George Brandis
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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By Peggy Giakoumelos, Annalyn Violata

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The Australian Bar Association (ABA) says the number of Indigenous Australians behind bars is a national disgrace.Image: Federal Attorney General George Brandis. (AAP)


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.


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