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Push for urgent action as Australia's prisoner numbers hit record high
Manage episode 491573267 series 2902253
Australia's prisoner numbers have hit a record high, with just over 46-thousand people in custody, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Of those behind bars, about thirty-seven per cent are First Nations people with data also showing the Indigenous community has the highest imprisonment rate.
368 episodes
Manage episode 491573267 series 2902253
Australia's prisoner numbers have hit a record high, with just over 46-thousand people in custody, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Of those behind bars, about thirty-seven per cent are First Nations people with data also showing the Indigenous community has the highest imprisonment rate.
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