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Australia records highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in more than 40 years

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Australia has recorded the highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in four decades. Data from the institute of criminology finds 33 of the 113 people who died in police or prison custody in the last financial year were First Nations people. The highest number in 40 years. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following story contains images of someone who has died.
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