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Friday 6 August 2021
There is a national incarceration crisis impacting First Nations women in Australia.
First Nations women are the fastest-growing prison population, constituting 37% of the female prison population, despite making up only 2% of Australia’s total population. The daily average number of women in full-time custody in the 2021 March quarter was 3,302, of whom 1,247 were First Nations women. Read more
