Yesterday we wrote about the problems Native Americans face in prison, and today we wanted to highlight a similar problem – in Australia, where indigenous people, the Aborigines, form a quarter of the prison population even thought they account for only 3-4% of the general population.
In fact, if you are an Aboriginal person you are 14-times more likely to be incarcerated.
You can read more about this: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/01/indigenous-incarceration-rates-are-a-national-shame
And the numbers are even higher for juveniles – three quarters of children in jail are Aboriginal.
Photo courtesy: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/threequarters-of-children-in-jail-are-aboriginal-advocates-20110414-1dfgt.html
Nearly 75 per cent of children in Western Australian prisons are Aboriginal, according to shocking new figures released by Aboriginal rights advocates. Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/threequarters-of-children-in-jail-are-aboriginal-advocates-20110414-1dfgt.html#ixzz39yp6cFfH
Photo courtesy: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/01/indigenous-incarceration-rates-are-a-national-shame
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