Decades on from the Royal Commission, why are Indigenous people still dying in custody?

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 23:14:30 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/decades-on-from-the-royal-commission-why-are-indigenous-people-still-dying-in-custody-258568>

"The recent deaths in custody of two Indigenous men in the Northern Territory
have provoked a deeply confronting question – will it ever end?

About 597 First Nations people have died in custody since the 1991 Royal
Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
.

This year alone, 12 Indigenous people have died – 31% of total custodial
deaths.

The raw numbers are a tragic indictment of government failure to implement in
full the Commission’s 339 recommendations.

We are potentially further away from resolving this crisis than we were 34
years ago."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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