Culturally appropriate programs aimed at reducing the over-representation of First Nations people in the ACT's justice system will be funded in the upcoming territory budget.
There will be $11.5 million spent over the next four years on the programs, which will be in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.
It will include funding for culturally appropriate support for First Nations people in police custody, the introduction of a one-on-one intensive case management program for a group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander detainees and a program for First Nations people who find it difficult to obtain bail.
