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Natasha MacFarlane and Sarah Spina-Matthews

Five per cent of Wadeye's population in jail following months of violence, unrest, according to NT Police Commissioner

Around one in every 20 residents of the remote Top End community of Wadeye is in jail following months of unrest and violent disputes between families, according to Northern Territory Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker. 

More than 500 people have been displaced and nearly 100 homes destroyed in what has previously been described as a humanitarian situation in the community 400 kilometres south west of Darwin.

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