‘Always a bed in prison’: Australia’s housing crisis blamed for rise in unsentenced prisoners
by Eden Gillespie from World news | The Guardian on (#6JBV0)
The number of people held on remand is rising rapidly - and Indigenous Australians are significantly overrepresented
The number of Indigenous inmates imprisoned without a sentence increased by 13.2% last year, amid an ongoing boom in Australia's remand prison population.
Campaigners say the rise perpetuates a grave injustice", with experts saying the housing crisis and culturally challenging bail laws are having greater impact on First Nations people.
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