Sentences with phrase «deaths in custody»

Over 1990 - 1999, the decade since the RCIADIC reported, the Australian Institute of Criminology reports that despite some fluctuations in rates of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous deaths in custody since 1982, the rates of death per 1,000 prisoners have become more similar since 1999 and both have begun to trend downward since 1999.

See, for example, 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); A Bolger Aboriginal Women and Violence Australian National University North Australia Research Unit Darwin 1991; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Task Force on Violence Report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Task Force on Violence State of Queensland 1999; S Gordon et al Putting the Picture Together: Inquiry into response by government agencies to complaints of family violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities State Law Publisher Perth 2002.

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report — Volume 1, op.cit, para 1.7.6.

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report — Volume 1, op.cit, p15.

The position was created in 1992 with bi-partisan support as a direct response to the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the HREOC National Inquiry into Racist Violence.

The Framework also took into consideration the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1991) and the Bringing them Home — the National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families (1997), as well as incorporating the findings of Health is Life — the report on the Inquiry into Indigenous Health (2000).

[3] Indigenous Deaths in Custody: A Report prepared by the Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 1996

In the decade since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody incarceration rates for women have increased at a more rapid rate than for men, and imprisonment rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women have increased more than for other women.

[74] Commonwealth, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report (1991) vol 3, part D < http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/rciadic/national/vol3/3.html >.

An important outcome of the NILAC program is to improve the legal skills, capacity and training opportunities for Indigenous people, in response to Recommendation 212 of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

For example, since the 1987 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, there has been a steady increase in incarceration and as a result, there are more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in prison today than ever before.

Recommendation 8: That the Government adopt the social justice principles from ATSIC's Rights, recognition and reform report as the starting point for negotiations with Aboriginal peoples in the Northern Territory of a justice agreement framework under the 1997 National Summit on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, community justice mechanisms and about service delivery arrangements, regional governance and unfinished business, including the recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law.

[75] Commonwealth, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report (1991) vol 3 [21.1] < http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/rciadic/national/vol3/3.html >.

[142] J Joudo and J Curnow, Deaths in Custody in Australia: National deaths in Custody program annual report 2006, Australian Institute of Criminology, Technical and Background paper no. 85 (2006) p xiii.

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.

Nearly 25 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (the Royal Commission) published 339 recommendations for change, it is unacceptable that our people are still dying in custody after minor offending.

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report, Volume 2, AGPS, Canberra, 1991, Recommendation 62, p252.

This indicates that the disproportionate number of Indigenous deaths in custody relative to the total Indigenous population is a reflection of the over-representation of Indigenous peoples in criminal justice processes.

Collins, L and Ali, M, Deaths in Custody Australia — 2002 National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP) Annual Report, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra 2003, p25.

are irreconcilable with the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, National Report — Volume 1, AGPS Canberra 1991, p1.

These include the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody [3]; the Bringing them Home Report [4] and; Reconciliation: Australia's Challenge: the final report of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation [5].

The Commission notes that in October 2002 the Northern Territory became the latest government to commit to the development of a justice agreement by committing to the outcomes of the National Summit on Deaths in Custody from 1997.

In particular, it notes that the situation a decade after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody is far worse in terms of over-representation rates than at the time of the Royal Commission.

This section identifies a series of developments that have taken place largely since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991.

In light of the continued over-representation of Indigenous people, particularly women, in the criminal justice system, there is a pressing need for the continued implementation of the 339 recommendations contained in the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, including any outstanding recommendations.

In my view, the issues of particular importance to this inquiry are preventing Indigenous deaths in custody by reducing the rates of incarceration and recidivism; and establishing a formal system for the consideration and implementation of coronial recommendations by the Western Australian government.

See Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: Response by Governments to the Royal Commission (1992), p 59.

The issue is that mandatory detention is diametrically opposed to the accepted goals of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody of preventing incarceration wherever possible.

«The number of deaths in custody has declined in the last decade, but in my view it is still too high.

The implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in the period 1992 - 1998, and the development of a range of institutions, legislation, policies and programs to address racial discrimination (para 4);

It will also be a step towards implementing those recommendations of the 1991 Royal Commission in Aboriginal Deaths in Custody («RCIADIC») report which call for a system of review and response by government departments and agencies.

Despite the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the rate at which Indigenous people come into contact with the criminal justice system has not improved in the past decade:

The position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner was originally created largely in response to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and specifically to ensure that there was an ongoing, independent evaluative mechanism in respect of the human rights situation of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.

The Committee notes with appreciation the many measures adopted by the State party during the period under review (1992 - 1998) in the area of racial discrimination, including those adopted to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Social Justice Report 2001 Contents Summary of the Social Justice Report 2001 Letter of submission Recommendations Chapter 1: Ten years on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Chapter 2: Mutual obligation, welfare reform and Indigenous participation: a human rights perspective Chapter 3: Indigenous governance and community capacity - building Chapter 4: Laws mandating minimum terms of imprisonment («mandatory sentencing»)...

As you all know, the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody found that the problem was... the degree of over-representation in custody, was 29 times that of non-Aboriginals.

Principally these include the commitment of the Northern Territory government to the outcomes of the 1997 National Summit on Deaths in Custody (and the development of a framework for implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody); the recommendations relating to contemporary removals in the Bringing them home report; the Social Justice package proposals for principles to underpin the negotiation of local or regional agreements with Indigenous peoples; the recommendations and national strategies of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation; and in future consideration of an appropriate statehood model (and Constitution) for the Northern Territory.

The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody identified two solutions to this problem:

The RCIADIC concluded that reform of the coronial inquest system in each State and Territory was essential in order to properly identify the reasons for Indigenous deaths in custody and to avoid preventable deaths in the future.

The Committee against Torture recommended that the Australian Government reduce the overcrowding in prisons, implement alternatives to detention, abolish mandatory sentencing and prevent and investigate deaths in custody.

Since the release of the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991 there has been an increase in the overall national adult prison, but a decline in the juvenile prison population.

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.

At least since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991 it has been the subject of countless reports, research projects and roundtables.

The recent National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (NIDAC) report is the latest in a long list of reports since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody to suggest a multi level explanation for the continued Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system.

«It's been twenty - five years since the Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody, yet the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and young people in custody has only increased,» said Mr. Mohamed.

On 12 April 2011 I hosted a public forum to mark the twenty years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) handed down its findings.

2016 marks a number of important milestones in Indigenous affairs, such as the 50 year anniversary of the Wave Hill walk off and 40 years since the introduction of land rights legislation in the Northern Territory, a decade since Close the Gap Campaign and 25 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

The anniversaries of the Wave Hill walk - off from Kalkarinji by the Gurindji people, the Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Rights Act, the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the launch of the Close the Gap campaign 10 years ago

Strategies: Ensure adequate standards of legal representation; recognising traditional law; implementing strategies from Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission; coordinated presence of increased Indigenous employees in justice systems.