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- Indigenous Australian deaths in custody
More than 400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody since the end of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody in 1991.
- The Guardian
The royal commission emphasised the importance of monitoring and maintaining accurate data about deaths in custody.
Despite public reporting and tracking through the Australian Institute of Criminology’s national program, detailed, up-to-date information is hard to find.
Guardian Australia’s reporting…