Sentences with phrase «death in custody»

This report presents information on deaths in custody in Australian states and territories for the 2006 calendar year, including comparisons by jurisdiction and Indigenous status.

There were 11 recorded incidents of Indigenous deaths in custody: four in prison custody, six in police custody and custody - related operations, and one in juvenile detention.

There were more deaths in custody last year than ever before, staffing levels have seen deep cuts, there's a shortage of places and violence against prison staff is up sharply.

In 2006, there were 54 recorded deaths in custody and custody - related operations.

April 15th 2016 marks the anniversary of the 1991 tabling of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Report in Federal Parliament.

pursue the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody which address underlying issues of social disadvantage.

Aboriginal Issues Unit of the Northern Territory «Too much sorry business» in Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody National Report AGPS Canberra 1991 Volume 5 Appendix D (i), 373.

What about funding a project to work out how it can be explained to voters that the famous Deaths in Custody Enquiry established that NO - indigenous prisoners died at a higher rate than did indigenous prisoners?

Figures for deaths in custody are up.

He held many important official positions such as the director of the Aboriginal Legal Service Western Australia; he was a key figure in the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody, and instigated the Inquiry into the Stolen Generations, and held key positions such as advisor to the office of the Commonwealth Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.

Given this report's focus on the failure to investigate and prosecute allegations of torture, Human Rights Watch examined only torture and death in custody cases in which victims or their families instituted legal proceedings by filing a complaint.

Russell also has experience of high profile inquests after deaths in custody acting for healthcare providers, medical staff and police forces.

The Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody, in its first annual report, says there is a need for a more robust and joined - up approach to information - sharing between agencies to ensure important information about people who may be at risk is shared quickly and accurately between them.

Various coroner's inquests (ranging from 1 - 11 days) and involving a variety of issues including deaths in custody.

Since 2003, the AIC has published a number of reports concerning deaths in custody in Australia, with a major report published in 2013 covering all deaths that have occurred to 30 June 2011.

An Amnesty International review of the implementation of Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody states:

It is abhorrent that both the imprisonment rates and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody have continued to rise, particularly, as the recommendations have remained largely unimplemented.

The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody concluded in 1991 that the over-representation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system is inextricably linked to their socio - economic status.

In 1991 the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody identified the links between early disengagement with the formal education system and early involvement in the criminal justice system.

Karen Rogers, specialist Inquest lawyer at Tuckers dealing with deaths in custody cases, has welcomed the Independent review deaths and serious incidents in police custody by Dame Elish Angiolini.

Civil liberties lawyer Raju Bhatt, of Bhatt Murphy, has been honoured for his work on inquests into deaths in custody at this year's Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards (LALYs)-- the annual Oscars for legal aid folk.

Sidney Stewart's death in custody came at a time when he had been working hard to see recognition of traditional lands and to make sure country could be handed on to future generations.

«If we are not doing this stuff, we will have more Ms Dhu cases and more Dr Yunupingu cases and we will have more deaths in custody,» he said.

We did not want a repeat of the incidence with the late leader of the Boko Haram movement whose death in custody exacerbated the crisis in the north east».

The rate of detainee deaths in custody this year is far higher than in past years.

Last September Nigel Newcomen, the prison and probation ombudsman, attributed 58 deaths in custody between 2013 and 2016 to new psychoactive substances.

Her supporters say that's not credible.There has been an outcry in the US over this suspicious death in custody - just one of the many recent deaths of African Americans in custody or on the streets at the hands of trigger - happy local police officers.

Many were trivial, but some were extremely serious, involving deaths in custody or corruption - it is an insult to all concerned to do no more than scratch the surface of these alleged abuses,» Vaz said.

Prisoner — Near death in custody — Circumstances into which investigation into near death required

As well as being instructed in general civil work including personal injury, inquests following deaths in custody and claims brought by prisoners under the Human Rights Act, the appointment has enabled Susanna to develop her judicial review practice and she is regularly instructed by the Treasury Solicitor to defend claims relating to prisoners» rights, immigration and school admission arrangements.

Her practice encompasses jury and non jury inquests, and also deaths in custody.

His clients in relation to restraint - related deaths in custody have included the families of Roger Sylvester, Alton Manning, Ibrahima Sey and Shiji Lapite.

Deaths in Custody Watch Committee (WA) Inc 6.

In 1991 the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its final report.

The book's timely publication comes as acting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Socail Justice Commissioner Robynne Quiggin slammed the failure to act on 25 - year - old recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody as «unforgiveable», as reported by The Guardian.

Professor Calma stated, «In the mid-1980s 99 Aboriginal deaths in custody prompted a Royal Commission and the current tragedy of Indigenous suicides should prompt similar attention.

As part of the #JustJustice series, Amy McQuire, a journalist and Darumbul woman from central Queensland, reflects on the shocking death in custody of Ms Dhu and how the pain and indignity h...

The continuing over-representation of Indigenous prisoners in Australian gaols and the high levels of Indigenous deaths in custody indicate that the underlying causes of Indigenous disadvantage have not been addressed since the publication of the Commission Report in 1991.