Prisoner advocates have welcomed the decision to launch an independent inquiry into the embarrassing and ongoing high rates of Indigenous incarceration in the ACT, but equally want action taken now - and for problems within Canberra's prison to be an election issue.
The head of the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal health service, Julie Tongs, has described the latest data released by the Productivity Commission as "shameful" and says she is fed up with so little action over so many years.
