Australian Gulag

Peter Botsman
6 June 2008

The Australian rate of Indigenous imprisonment has risen from 1713 per 100,000 of population in 2000 to 2187 in 2007 a rise of 28 per cent. Since 2000, Indigenous imprisonment rates have risen a staggering 53 per cent in the Northern Territory, 49 per cent in South Australia, 34 per cent in Tasmania, 31 per cent in NSW, 28 per cent in Victoria, 27 per cent in Western Australia and 7 per cent in Queensland.

This article is available free to Australian Prospect subscribers at www.australianprospect.com.au and is published as the editorial for the 9th Edition, this includes Milton James' unparalleled documentary of working on the frontlines of the justice system to find employment outcomes for young Indigenous adults.

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