Indigenous incarceration rates on the rise

Twelve months ago, the Australian Law Reform Commission released its report, Pathways to Justice - Inquiry into the Incarceration Rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, highlighting the high rates of Indigenous incarceration in our criminal justice system.

Indigenous people make up only 2.9 per cent of the state’s population, but 24.2 per cent of the NSW adult prison population. Of great concern is the disproportionately high number of Indigenous women in our state’s prisons and the fact that 80 per cent of Indigenous women prisoners are mothers. More so when we know that the incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers is a “key driver” in the removal of Indigenous children from their homes. We also know that the over-incarceration of Indigenous people contributes significantly to the high mortality rate of our nation’s first people. Continue reading >

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