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| Subject: OZschwitz gulag: Indigenous prisoner population doubles Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:09 am | |
| The Indigenous prisoner population has more than doubled in NSW over the past 15 years despite a sharp drop in arrests for serious crimes, prompting calls for an overhaul of bail laws which are hitting disadvantaged communities hardest.
Latest figures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) reveal a 40 per cent rise in the rate of Indigenous imprisonment between 2001 and 2015, due in part to an increase in the rates of bail refusal.
At the same time, Indigenous involvement in violent crime and property crime declined by 37 per cent and 32 per cent respectively.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/indigenous-prisoner-population-doubles-despite-drop-in-arrests-20160929-grr28k.html |
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