'2015 AMA Report Card on Indigenous Health - Closing the Gap on Indigenous Imprisonment Rates', Australian Medical Association, 2015 “The police always targeted me. The problem was, Mr Wallace was terminally ill and had only 6 to 9 months to live, and his wife had a doctor's letter to prove it. 5. [1a] [21] “There is a lot of research and statistics in these submissions [to the inquiry] but there is not a lot of research that prison actually works,” Mundine said. 'Juvenile jail rate slammed', Koori Mail 504 p.7 [34a] [12a] Although Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults make up around 2% of the national population, they constitute 27% of the national prison population. It is overseen by a steering committee, made up of Aboriginal, human rights and community organisations. He writes in The Guardian: "There are mainstream Australians, and then there are the 'other' Australians. How can we reduce Aboriginal incarceration rates? "Over-representation is both a persistent and growing problem — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration rates increased 41 per cent between 2006 and 2016." [38] 56% of released prisoners in NSW reoffend and reenter jail within two years. [2b] In 2019 the figures were 67% and 33% respectively. The national average daily Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rate is 2,440 persons per 100,000 adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. And another one who was [arrested for] sleeping in the trash bin. 'Criminal justice system 'inherently racist' towards Aboriginal people', SMH 6/6/2020 [7] [15] [41] Percentage of all incarcerated women in Australia who were Aboriginal in 2016; of incarcerated men: 26.7%. [27a] The report referred to the disproportionately high incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander full-time students in Australia 2006-2019; Aboriginal … Factor by which an Aboriginal defendant more likely to be refused bail by a court. Since 1989, the imprisonment rate of Aboriginal people has increased 12 times faster than the rate for non-Aboriginal people. Rates of incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have increased by 40% in the decade since the CTG framework to reduce health inequity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians has been in place, from 1,524.4 per 100,000 in 2008 to 2,141.6 in 2017. 'Incarceration rates increase', Koori Mail 473 p.13 [14a] [30] Jailing Aboriginal people in such large numbers has numerous effects on their communities. He has a history of domestic violence and separation from family and placements in foster care. with our national incarceration rate above the global average in every jurisdiction except the ACT. [54]. By Mathiew Leiser | [email protected] Posted: Monday, May 6, 2019 17:12 Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2019 17:36 Indigenous people are incarcerated at much higher rate … 28 Jun 2019 - 5:00 PM UPDATED 28 Jun 2019 - 5:00 PM. Over the 4-year period, the number of young people in detention rose, though rates … Here's my son's story', SMH 26/4/2019. 'Wonder why prisoners re-offend? [7a] Australian governments rely blindly on their departments to find a solution without guiding them. [11a] [35]. The number of Aboriginal women in prison is a major public health issue accounting for 33% of the female prison population, but only 3% of the Australian female population. [49] 'Inside stories', SMH Good Weekend 13/2/2010 pp29 The ALRC Inquiry reported that: “Although Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults make up around 2% of the national population, they constitute 27% of the national prison population. 'The shocking truth of Australia's Indigenous incarcerated', Independent Australia 1/5/2018 Police remain hard-hearted and indifferent to prison rates and, in some cases, Aboriginal prisoners themselves. Would you be going to jail for any of these things: 48-year-old Marshall Wallace was given a 15-month prison sentence for a series of driving offences after being caught driving without a licence in Mount Isa. An Aboriginal man's death becomes the most prolonged investigation in the criminal justice system for an Indigenous community. 'Stop reporting and start doing, lawyers tell NSW inquiry into 'inhumane' Indigenous incarceration', The Guardian 26/10/2020 2,222.5: 1,977.5: 1,837.3: Qld: 2,084.9: 2,164.6: 2,145.8: SA: 2,450.4: 2,461: 2,480.7: WA: 4,004.5: 3,975.8: 3,841.5: Tas. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures are a 'moment in time' measurement, yet many prisoners are in and out of prison more than once per year, making the numbers published by the ABS almost certainly wrong. Western Australia has one of the highest rates of Aboriginal people in prison nationally with 3717 incarcerations per 100,000 population — about 60% above the national average rate for Aboriginal incarceration. [43] 'Jail rates at crisis point, inquiry told', Koori Mail 494 p.13 Why has everything done in the past failed to fix things, and in fact probably ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Queensland’s Public Hospital and Health It got to the point where police knew me by my first name. compared to just 50% in 2003. Of Aboriginal people aged 19 to 20 years who have been to prison, more than 60% reoffend. 'The Australian children 24 times more likely to face jail than their peers', SMH 30/4/2015 Recommendations of the Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody were cherry-picked for those that could be accepted without too much change occurring [46]. [27c] So there’s a lot of factors that need to be addressed to make a big impact in this climate, and to change this overwhelming and shockingly disproportionate rates of my people that are entrenched in the child protection and justice system,” he said. There is a persistent feeling among Aboriginal communities and legal experts that police treat Aboriginal people differently for trivial offences. Mundine said Deadly Connections works with Aboriginal people, families and communities experiencing the intersection of the child protection and justice systems, to keep young people out of detention. Mundine lost both parents at a young age and was placed in out of home care, separated from his siblings. Against this background it is very simple to make such pious and ill-considered statements as, 'If they don’t want to go to jail, they shouldn't break the law!'" [39] Percentage of Aboriginal prisoners in Australia in late 2019. The couple had moved to Mount Isa to access chemotherapy services. And there are facts that don’t seem to change year after year. The official data show incarceration rates of Indigenous people have doubled since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 25 … [29], Perth based academic, prison reform advocate and restorative justice specialist Dr Brian Steels suggests that Western Australia's high prison rates could be related to the "frontier mentality" of police or racism. In 2017, there was a 32% increase in the rate of homicides for Indigenous women victims (4.22 per 100,000 Indigenous women) from the previous year. '', SMH 28/7/2019 Know more. [35] — Andreas. Australia is now facing an Indigenous incarceration epidemic. 'Melbourne pensioner reveals why he paid jailed WA mum’s fines', NITV News 4/10/2017 Indigenous children are entering the justice system earlier than others and directly from out of home care, MPs told, Last modified on Mon 26 Oct 2020 23.06 EDT. Many of his family members are already deceased. [13], The re-conviction rate within two years in NSW is 74% of non-Aboriginal people, and 86% for Aboriginal people. Keenan Mundine has told the NSW inquiry into Aboriginal incarceration of his personal experience of being harassed and beaten by police as a youth. 'WA's high jail rate in spotlight', Koori Mail 490 p.16 [34] 'Jailing youth not working - Chief Justice', Koori Mail 473 p.13 The Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT and Just Reinvest NSW are demanding a response from State and Federal Governments to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) report, Pathway to Justice Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait … He has never had an adult birthday in the community. NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs 'Taking our rightful place', statement by Wadjularbinna Nullyarimma, 8/1/2002 [21] More than 30% of all Australian Aboriginal males come before Corrective Services. “First jailed at 12 years of age for a six week stint, Mr Bugmy’s life thereafter shows the destructive effect of prison on people, families and communities,” says Solicitor Stephen Lawrence. Same rate for Aboriginal women: 0.6%; for African-American women in the US: 0.5%. He also has mental health and health issues and started using drugs and alcohol from age 12, self medicating for years to “block the voices out”. [24] 'Australia's indigenous incarceration crisis', Aljazeera 14/12/2014 [25] We cannot flee persecution to another country because we are spiritually connected to our own ancestral lands. 'WA 'high achiever' - for locking up people', Koori Mail 455 p.10 “Indigenous people are released much later in their sentences than non-Aboriginal, most of them at statutory release, which means two-thirds of their sentence,” he said. Mr Bugmy never been to residential rehabilitation, despite requesting it. [9] [16c] [47] [2c] [4a] Custody Statistics Custody Reports. Keenan Mundine, the cofounder of Deadly Connections, a nonprofit that works with Aboriginal youth, told the inquiry of his personal experience of being harassed and beaten by police as a youth. [27] In February 2019, the state government ... said laws to prevent people serving time in prison to reduce fines and penalties would make a dramatic difference to Aboriginal incarceration rates. He is 31 years old and from a community where the average life expectancy for a man is 37. [28b] BOCSAR produces a quarterly report series examining trends in the number of adults and juveniles in prison in NSW. [7], A study of incarcerated women revealed that 67% of all Aboriginal women in prison had been incarcerated previously, while almost half this number of non-Aboriginal women had a history of incarceration. He spent most of his teenage years ‘inside’ before transitioning into the adult system often because of altercations with the police. ... who was shot while handcuffed in custody on a Lismore street in 2019. [36] [53] [33] [8a] by Sacha Kendall, Eileen Baldry, Elizabeth Sullivan, Juanita … According to Bureau of Crime statistics and research, Aboriginal people in custody were younger when they first interacted with police and when they were first convicted compared to non-Aboriginal people in custody, and experienced higher rates of contact at all levels of the criminal justice system. The homicide rate for Indigenous men has been increasing consistently since 2014. 'Climate of Death - justice denied means more will die', Gerry Georgatos, 29/9/2012, email [44] [12c] 'The Summertime Bathurst Blues', Koori Mail 516 p.23 In all my years of research in criminal justice, I can tell you it would be very difficult to find a white person charged with shouting or swearing. [54] Western Australia incarcerates the Aboriginal peoples of its State at 9 times the rate of Apartheid South Africa. [11b] [10a] The hearings are taking place in the same week that NSW coroners investigate two Aboriginal deaths in custody: 36-year-old Anaiwan man Nathan Reynolds, who died of an untreated asthma attack in prison in 2018, and 43-year-old Dwayne Johnstone, who was shot while handcuffed in custody on a Lismore street in 2019. [2a] William Bugmy, an Aboriginal man from Wilcannia NSW, first entered juvenile detention when he was 12 years old. Factor by which an Aboriginal driver is more likely to be fined for seatbelt offences than non-Aboriginal drivers. Sold! Percentage of juveniles in custody who are Aboriginal. The other side of why Aboriginal prison rates are high appears to be through the indifference of non-Aboriginal people. In the past, however, many departments have learnt to exploit this freedom to protect their own interests, rather than those of incarcerated Aboriginal people. [8] April 2019 . Number of reports that have been written on Aboriginal prison rates over several decades. If you continue using the site, you indicate that you are happy to receive cookies from this website. 'Racism fear amid WA police report on driver fines', WA Today 6/2/2020 '4512.0 - Corrective Services, Australia, December Quarter 2019', Australian Bureau of Statistics 12/3/2020 'Incarcerations: The sad truth', Koori Mail 504 p.27 [16b] To reduce soaring Aboriginal prison rates it is essential to invest in psycho-social healing, counselling, empowerment, education and rehabilitation.. As with many programs designed to 'cure' Aboriginal issues, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Up to 93% of Aborigi…, Prisons need to cater for specific cultural needs of their Aboriginal inmates and avoid 'structural racism'. High rate of Aboriginal incarceration 'starts young', NSW inquiry hears. When I was released from custody they would drive past and say, “are you back at it again?”, “I don’t see other families and communities being terrorised like this.”. It's a symbol of how we need to change details of what we know to understand not only Aboriginal culture, but Aboriginal viewpoints. So jails and mental institutions are full of our people. 'We must look to our humanity to solve the crisis of Indigenous incarceration', The Guardian 22/1/2015 Among the 980 young people in detention on an average night in the June quarter 2018, most were male (90%), aged 10–17 (84%), unsentenced (60%), and Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (54%). [14], Australia's proportion of adult Aboriginal prisoners ranges from 9% in Victoria to 84% in the Northern Territory. [56a] In 2012, up to 80% of all inmates in Australia suffered some form of mental illness. ... My statement to the UN #HRC41 about the high rates of incarceration of Aboriginal & … 'Packed prison sparks concern', Koori Mail 517 p.9 [7]. Similar to the youth and women’s cohorts, the increasing rates of incarceration of Aboriginal men is partly driven by a higher proportion of offenders being held on remand. ''Selective policing' under fire', Koori Mail 393 p.14 [9b] The Change the Record campaign aims to close the gap in imprisonment rates by 2040. [45] This article is more than 2 months old. '4512.0 - Corrective Services, Australia, December quarter 2017' Australian Bureau of Statistics, 15/3/2018, retrieved 7/5/2018 [1b] It offers key statistics and case studies on its website. 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