Indigenous Australian population in prisons reaches critical levels

Indigenous Australians are overepresented in the prison population Source: SBS

A new study has found that the Indigenous Australian population is overepresented in prisons.

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The report 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.

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