Not exact matches
A significant feature of these
deaths was that there were significantly fewer
deaths in police
custody (as opposed to
in prisons) which tends to
indicate that the implementation of recommendations of the Royal Commission relating to conditions and design of police
custody had some impact.
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.