Number of Indigenous deaths in custody at record high
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Australia recorded in 2024–25 the largest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979–80, when monitoring began under the National Deaths in Custody Program.
In the 2024–25 year, 33 of the 113 deaths in custody were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.
The figures have been released by the Australian Institute of...
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