Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

Aboriginals were more likely to experience a longer period of prone restraint, researchers found. (Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS)

A disparity in the use of prone restraints is leaving Indigenous Australians facing potentially lethal consequences.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being held in the position for longer than non-Indigenous Australians, researchers examining coroner's reports into deaths in custody have found.