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Death of young Indigenous man in far north Queensland prison under investigation
A young Indigenous man recently died in custody at Queensland's Lotus Glen Corre...
Giovanni Torre 11 May 2026
Deaths spark call for reforms in WA prison system
The second death of an Aboriginal woman in WA's Bandyup prison in under five wee...
Giovanni Torre 20 Apr 2026
Second Aboriginal woman dies in WA's Bandyup prison in less than five weeks
A 40-year-old Aboriginal woman has died in Western Australia's Bandyup women's p...
Giovanni Torre 18 Apr 2026
Minister acknowledges ‘too many’ Indigenous deaths in custody on royal commission anniversary
Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, has acknowled...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Apr 2026
Vigil at Bandyup prison calls for justice and change as Aboriginal deaths in custody continue
A vigil outside Western Australia's Bandyup woman's prison has shone a light on...
‘Ongoing massacre’: Accountability and action demanded 35 years after deaths in custody royal commission

Warning: This article contains the names of Indigenous people who have diedWith at least 630 Indigenous people having died in custody since the landmark Royal Commission 35 years ago, experts and advo...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 15, 2026
Open letter from WA community leaders urges reform on 35th anniversary of Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

34 Aboriginal community leaders, human rights experts, justice advocates and other notable Western Australians have issued a call for urgent reforms in an open letter to the state's government on the...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 15, 2026
Senator Thorpe alleges PM refused meeting with deaths in custody families

Thirty-five years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, it has been alleged that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese refused to meet with the families of some of those whose deaths...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 15, 2026
Second young Aboriginal man dies in custody in Darwin in less than one week

Another young Aboriginal man has died in custody in Darwin, the Northern Territory Department of Corrections has confirmed. The 26-year-old was found unresponsive by Darwin Correctional Centre staff a...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 30, 2026
Amnesty International urges ‘fully independent’ investigation of young Aboriginal man’s death in custody in Darwin

Amnesty International says it is deeply concerned by the death in custody of a 25-year-old Aboriginal man in Darwin this week and is calling for a fully independent investigation into the circumstance...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 27, 2026
Young Aboriginal man dies in custody in Darwin

A 25-year-old Aboriginal man has died in custody after allegedly struggling to breathe in the back of a police van. The man was allegedly arrested without incident after officers responded to reports...

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Duncan Murray Mar 25, 2026
Death in custody sparks renewed call for justice reform

The National Network of Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls has urged an end to over-incarceration after the death of a young Aboriginal woman in Bandyup Women's Prison in Western...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 17, 2026
Young Aboriginal woman dies in WA prison

A 35-year-old Aboriginal woman has died in Western Australia's Bandyup Women's Prison. The woman was found unresponsive in her single-occupancy cell early Monday morning.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 16, 2026
Rally marks eight years since the death in custody of Patrick Fisher

A second rally condemning the high number of Indigenous deaths in custody took place in Sydney's Hyde Park on Saturday, marking eight years since the death of Waka Waka man, Patrick Fisher.

'We will break the ban' - Protestors vow to march on January 26 after NSW Police block march against deaths in custody

Protesters have vowed to defy New South Wales' anti-protest laws and march on January 26 after police blocked a march in Sydney marking 10 years since the death of Dunghutti man David Dungay Jr.

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni Jan 18, 2026
No nurse on duty as Indigenous woman dies in custody from 'medical episode' in Tennant Creek

There was no nurse on duty at the Tennant Creek watch house when an Indigenous woman died in custody there on Saturday, Northern Territory Police have admitted.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 28, 2025
Rally for truth and accountability 10 years on from the death of David Dungay Jr

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name of a Dunghutti man who has passed away. Dunghutti Elder and advocate Leetona Dungay will hold a rally ou...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 16, 2025
How can a child die in state care? Coroner to release findings on the death of Cleveland Dodd

The image of Cleveland Dodd — a smiling, 16-year-old Yamatji boy who died in custody — is etched into the national consciousness.

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