Indigenous people shouldn’t have to fear police who are supposed to protect them but instead still act as judge, jury and executioner.
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Articles on Indigenous incarceration
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What does ‘justice reinvestment’ mean in practice? Who makes funding decisions? To find out more, we consulted Aboriginal communities in Bourke, Moree and Mount Druitt.
We wanted to quantify what social factors increase a person’s chance of ending up in prison, and to use that to improve policy and reduce the harms and costs of incarceration.
First Nations children are 20 times more likely to be incarcerated. Governments need to consider raising the age of incarceration and pursuing culturally-led care for these children.
The High Court has thwarted a potential defence for the NT constable accused of shooting and killing Kumunjayi Walker in 2019 – that he was acting in ‘good faith’ as an officer at the time.
Incarceration Nation has the potential to shake the very core of your understanding of what it means to be Blak on this continent.
Opportunities to give voice to Aboriginal people in prison have the potential to address the growing impacts of racism in the justice system in Australia.
Prominent cases continue to draw attention to the wrongful imprisonment of First Nations women.
The Closing the Gap dashboard includes data on the 17 socioeconomic targets in the national agreement. But this information isn’t enough on its own to bring real change.
Coronavirus infections in prisons are a public health problem for everyone, not just prisoners and sfaff.
Instead of building new jails, we must focus our efforts on reshaping a post-pandemic society free of the challenges that led to an Indigenous man’s recent death.
It is not just policing agencies that have a systemic racism problem, Canadian prisons do too
This new Australian documentary follows 12-year-old Dujuan Hoosan from Garrwa country to Geneva.
As Australians gear up to protest police violence against Indigenous people, an infectious diseases expert looks at how to manage the risk of COVID-19.
As the US continues to protest the death of George Floyd, Australia is choosing not to look at the hundreds of Indigenous deaths in custody here.
Children are still being held in police cells and juvenile detention for low-range offences, under alarming conditions. Here’s how their mental health and future prospects suffer.
Aboriginal mothers in prison feel intergenerational trauma and the forced removal of their children are the most significant factors impacting their health and well-being.
Indigenous Australians are vastly over-represented in the prison population, but the success of a new program is offering hope that it can be turned around.
Fines for minor infringements and offensive language crimes are among laws that create a cycle of poverty and disadvantage for Indigenous Australians.
Colten Boushie’s death and the subsequent acquittal of his killer has fuelled loud calls for reforms to Canada’s criminal justice system and its treatment of the Indigenous. Why has it taken so long?
Top contributors
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Executive Director, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Senior Researcher, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Social Research and Policy, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Fellow (Indigenous Programs), The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Dean, Medical School, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
