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Andrew Brown

Numbers behind bars more than doubles

Jail rates for Indigenous Australians are 'higher than for African-Americans in the US' : Leigh (Murray McCloskey/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australia's incarceration rate has doubled in the last three decades, despite the country's crime rate decreasing in the same period.

In a keynote speech to the Australian Institute of Criminology's annual conference on Monday, federal MP Andrew Leigh will attribute the rise to tougher bail laws and longer sentences.

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