Law Reform offers 35 recommendations on Indigenous prison rates

A new report by the Australian Law Reform Commission says Australia has reached "crisis point" when it comes to the rate of Indigenous people being sent to jail. The report, recently tabled in parliament finds Indigenous men are almost 15 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous men. It says Indigenous women are 21 times more likely to be incarcerated than non-Indigenous women.

Ruth Barson from the Human Rights Law Centre Source: AAP