Half of Australia’s youth detainees are Indigenous children, research finds
by Lorena Allam Indigenous affairs editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5XQQ5)
Young First Nations people are 5.8% of population aged 10-17 but make up 49% of all youth in detention, report says
Almost half of all young people in detention in Australia are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, even though the overall number of children going to jail has fallen in the past five years, research shows.
Young Indigenous people are only 5.8% of all young people aged 10-17 in Australia but make up 49% of all young people in detention, according to the latest data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
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