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Aboriginal deaths in custody are again increasing at an alarming rate, with
last year being
one of the worst on record with fifteen deaths of aboriginal people in custody
nationally.Already [as of May] this year a further five have been reported, the most recent being on the 24th of April where a 22 year old man was found hanging from a bedsheet strung from a light fixture at the C.W Cambell Remand Centre at Canning Vale in South Perth. The man had been in custody for four weeks and was not due to appear in court until later the next month. The fact that the deceased had been in prison for a full month without being charged, raises further questions to the so called `justice' system.
Aboriginal deaths in custody account for over 17% of all deaths in custody, yet they make up for less than 1.5% of this countries population. In some states the population of aboriginal people in prison has increased by over 150% in the last five years, proving that despite the 339 recomendations handed down by the Royal Commission into Aborigiinal Deaths in custody in 1991, nothing has changed exept an increasing rate of genocidal actions against this countries indigenous people that has existed for well over 200 years.
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Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee.
Room 34, 1st Floor,
Trades Hall,
4 Goulbourn Street,
Sydney,
NSW 2000
Ph: (02) 2649895 Fax: (02) 2649916