Australian Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: Black death White Hands

The issues surrounding Australian 'Aboriginal deaths in Custody' is a major concern to all people living within a society that chooses to consider themselves open-minded to cultural awareness, tolerance and a willingness to embrace the concepts of Reconciliation. Eighteen years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody (RCIADIC) was announced, and fourteen years after it made its report, deaths in custody are still far too many. Governments around the nation are failing to …

…money at the problem. There has been little improvement in the situation, the public does not realise that even with a Royal Commission the problem has not been resolved even partially. Something must be done, the numbers of Aboriginals in prison needs to be looked at and a more sympathetic viewpoint needs to be taken, it is indeed the fault of the invaders that so many Indigenous people are imprisoned and die as a result.