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| Subject: OZschwitz gulag: Figures expose soaring rate of Aboriginal women in prison Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:06 pm | |
| THE number of female prisoners has increased at 21 times the rate of male prisoners over the past 12 months according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.
They show the increase is due to the soaring rate of Aboriginal women in custody.
The report, Prisoners in Australia, shows the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female prisoners rose by 20 per cent from June 30, 2011, compared with a rise of 3 per cent for non-Aboriginal women.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/figures-expose-soaring-rate-of-aboriginal-women-in-prison-20121206-2ay9b.html#ixzz2EK8lJzhu
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