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35th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

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This week marks 35 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its final report. But with more than 600 Indigenous people to have died in custody since 1991, advocates say we're a long way still from solving this crisis. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following story contains images and voices of people who have died.
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