Yep. The "Closing the Gap" metrics point out that more indigenous Australians are being incarcerated, but that's just a symptom of the increased rates of criminality in that community. At best you could argue we need more paternalistic policies to stop them drinking themselves and their children stupid, but just letting them go when they beat their wife or steal someone's car wouldn't fix anything except the metric.
Yet "Just let them go" has been one of the recommendations handed down by inquiries and commissions basically forever.
Go read a summary of the major findings and recommendations of the Black Deaths in Custody inquiry.
The Inquiry found that Aboriginal Australians die in custody at a slightly lower rate than other demographics; but they spend so much time in prison that they will probably die there of unrelated causes.
Go see and how the recommended to address the problem.
Yep. The "Closing the Gap" metrics point out that more indigenous Australians are being incarcerated, but that's just a symptom of the increased rates of criminality in that community. At best you could argue we need more paternalistic policies to stop them drinking themselves and their children stupid, but just letting them go when they beat their wife or steal someone's car wouldn't fix anything except the metric.
Yet "Just let them go" has been one of the recommendations handed down by inquiries and commissions basically forever.
Go read a summary of the major findings and recommendations of the Black Deaths in Custody inquiry.
The Inquiry found that Aboriginal Australians die in custody at a slightly lower rate than other demographics; but they spend so much time in prison that they will probably die there of unrelated causes.
Go see and how the recommended to address the problem.