This shameful reality is even greater for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, who are 26 times more likely than their peers to be incarcerated. That's why we call it overrepresentation – there are too many First Nations people represented in these statistics about prison.
This paper looks at the reasons behind this rise in New South Wales. The evidence suggests that most of the increase is due to increased severity by the criminal justice system in its treatment of Indigenous offenders. One quarter of the increase has come from remandees and three quarters from sentenced prisoners.
Aboriginal people are more likely than non-Aboriginal people to reoffend on release, often due to: • a history of offending • unstable living conditions • low levels of education • high levels of unemployment, a significant contributor (84 per cent of Aboriginal inmates were unemployed at arrest or frequently ...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rates
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rate was 2,354 persons per 100,000 adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population: up from 2,315 in the June quarter 2022.
While non-Indigenous people had a similar conviction rate, evidence suggests Indigenous people receive harsher sentences.
Sixteen Indigenous people died in custody in 2021 – double the previous record in NSW, which was eight deaths in 1998.
If you are an Indigenous Australian, you can expect to have a shorter life expectancy, lower levels of health, education and employment and higher infant mortality rates than non-Indigenous Australians.
This is because the traditional sentencing ideals of deterrence, separation, and denunciation do not accord with the understanding of sentencing held by Aboriginal offenders and their community. Most traditional Aboriginal conceptions of sentencing place a primary emphasis upon the ideals of restorative justice.
Things such as poverty, poor health/nutrition, poor housing, dispossession of their traditional lands, low education level, high unemployment are some of many factors that contribute to a lower life expectancy to Aboriginals than any other indigenous communities across the world.
Indigenous Australians are the most incarcerated people on earth. They make up two percent of the general population, but a staggering 28 percent of the male prison population and 34 percent of the female prison population.
shorter life expectancy. higher rates of infant mortality. poorer health. lower levels of education and employment.
Compared with non-Indigenous Australians, cardiovascular diseases and cancer represented a smaller proportion of deaths, and external causes and endocrine, metabolic and nutritional disorders represented a larger proportion of deaths, among Indigenous Australians.
Issues of violence and brutality, continuing assimilation policies, marginalization, dispossession of land, forced removal or relocation, denial of land rights, impacts of large-scale development, abuses by military forces and armed conflict, and a host of other abuses, are a reality for indigenous communities around ...
Although judges must take the Gladue factors into account for Aboriginal offenders in addition to the usual sentencing factors, this does not mean that Aboriginal offenders will automatically get lighter sentences.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners made up 30% of all prisoners.
Indigenous people are overrepresented in Canada's criminal justice system as both victims and as people accused or convicted of crime. There are only a few national data sources that provide criminal justice statistics disaggregated by Indigenous identity.
Almost 70% of Australians accept that Aboriginal people were subject to mass killings, incarceration and forced removal from land, and their movement was restricted.
To make direct eye contact can be viewed as being rude, disrespectful or even aggressive.To convey polite respect, the appropriate approach would be to avert or lower your eyes in conversation.
Many First Nations people consider the use of the term 'Aborigine' racist. Aboriginal people are a diverse group of individuals and use of the term 'Aborigine' has negative connotations imposed during colonisation and can perpetuate prejudice and discrimination.
It's a story that has been repeated for generations of Aboriginal families in Australia, and it's still happening today. In 2019/20, 952 Aboriginal children across NSW were removed from their families, a 2.6% increase on the year prior.
By 1969, all states had repealed the legislation allowing for the removal of Aboriginal children under the policy of 'protection'.
Health. Poverty within Indigenous Australian groups is also a significant contributor to the increased health hazards Indigenous Australians face. Many illnesses threaten the lives of indigenous Australians at much higher rates than non-Indigenous Australians.
They want a "a space of our own, free from influence of government". Land rights. Recognition that Aboriginal people have always maintained a property right in land and the natural resources according to their law and customs. They want an acknowledgement that Australia has not been settled.
Barriers include inappropriate teaching materials and a lack of Aboriginal role models. Aboriginal education requires connection to communities and informed parents.