Indigenous Incarceration
Warning: The following article contains references to suicide, which may be distressing to readersAustralia's Indigenous incarceration rates continue to rise sharply, while the proportion of children...
Almost 140 children under the age of 14 were held in detention in Western Australia in the last financial year without ever being sentenced, whilst mental health outcomes across the state decline.
The Northern Territory Government says falling crime rates in Alice Springs demonstrate its controversial justice policies are delivering results, as the federal government considers using funding pre...
First Nations people are being disproportionately held on remand under Australia's increasingly restrictive bail laws, according to new research highlighting the impact of tougher "law and order" refo...
Australia's spending on youth detention has increased by $400 million in five years, with the former National Children's Commissioner describing the system as a "devastating policy failure".
A year after the introduction of its controversial bail laws, the Northern Territory Government says crime has dropped "significantly" across the Territory, despite ongoing criticism from legal, Indig...
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following article contains names and images of Aboriginal people who have died.
The end of 2025 marks 34 years since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, a landmark inquiry that delivered more than 300 recommendations aimed at protecting some of the most v...
Twelve months ago, National Indigenous Times described a "horror" year for the Northern Territory — one that began with a curfew in Alice Springs and ended with a "record" number of people impri...
Controversial youth justice reforms that allow children to be sentenced to life in prison have passed the Victorian Parliament, despite strong opposition from legal experts and Indigenous organisation...
As a young boy, Oscar* was removed from his family home and placed in out-of-home care, moving repeatedly through placements that worsened his trauma, before eventually settling in a safe, stable and...
All inmates currently held in Northern Territory watch houses should be removed "as a matter of urgency," the Territory's Ombudsman has found, describing the facilities as "unacceptably poor" and "inh...
Advocates warn more children will be "churned through the system" as New South Wales moves to change laws governing the centuries-old principle of doli incapax.