Indigenous Deaths in Custody remain high

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Thirty-one years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Indigenous fatalities remain alarmingly high.

Findings from the Australian Institute of Criminology reveal sixteen Indigenous Australian people died in custody over the past year.

Mia Rakhit talked to Robyn Newitt about why some of the landmark commission’s key recommendations are still going ignored.

Period	22 Dec 2022

Title	Indigenous Deaths in Custody remain high
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	The Wire
Media type	Web
Duration/Length/Size	5:34
Country/Territory	Australia
Date	22/12/22
Description	Thirty-one years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Indigenous fatalities remain alarmingly high. Findings from the Australian Institute of Criminology reveal sixteen Indigenous Australian people died in custody over the past year. Mia Rakhit talked to Robyn Newitt about why some of the landmark commission’s key recommendations are still going ignored.
Producer/Author	Mia Rahkit
URL	https://www.thewire.org.au/story/indigenous-custody-deaths-remain-high/
Persons	Robyn Newitt