Indigenous Deaths in Custody:

Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989 - 1996

A Report prepared by the Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

October 1996

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Report Summary

Recommendations of the Social Justice Commissioner

Part A - Methodology

Chapter 1. Methodology

Part B - Statistical Analysis

Chapter 2. Indigenous Deaths in Custody

Chapter 3. Comparison: Indigenous and non-Indigenous Deaths in Custody

Chapter 4. Arrest and Imprisonment Rates and Most Serious Offence

Part C - Profiles Analysis

Chapter 5. Introduction

Chapter 6. Police Practices

Chapter 7. Imprisonment and Courts

Chapter 8. Custodial Conditions

Chapter 9. Juveniles

Chapter 10. Post-Death Investigations

Appendix: Government Implementation

Part D - Implementing the Recommendations

Chapter 11. Accountability and the Reporting Process

Chapter 12. Alternative Mechanisms to Ensure Implementation

Part E - Profiles: Indigenous Deaths in Custody

New South Wales

Victoria

Queensland

Western Australia

South Australia

Tasmania

Northern Territory

Appendix: Other Types of Deaths in Custody

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