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Nearly 40 human rights group send damning letter to Victorian government over Indigenous incarceration
Almost 40 human rights groups and legal bodies have co-signed a letter that damns the Victorian government's bail laws for contributing to Aboriginal deaths in custody.
The letter said the Victorian government was “hardly a helpless bystander to [this] unexpected tragedy” and “actively and willingly contributes to this ongoing crisis.”
- Katherine Gregory
- ABC
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) wrote the letter and would send it today to the state’s Attorney General and Minister for Corrections, said VALS chief executive Nerita Waight.
“We acknowledge that yes, our letter is strongly worded, but it is strongly worded because we are seeing our…