Australia recorded in 2024–25 the largest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979–80, when monitoring began under the National Deaths in Custody Program.
In the 2024–25 year, 33 of the 113 deaths in custody were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.
The figures have been released by the Australian Institute of Criminology in a report from the program. They include deaths in prison custody, police custody and custody related operations, and youth detention.
