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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lucy Bladen

Indigenous over-representation in the ACT's prison has drastically increased

The over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Canberra's jail has increased by 27 per cent over recent years with a review finding the ACT government needed to do more to address this.

The first part of an independent review into the territory's high Indigenous incarceration rate found there was ongoing issues of systemic discrimination and insufficient support for Aboriginal participation in decision-making.

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