Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989 - 1996
A Report prepared by the Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
October 1996
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Report Summary
Recommendations of the Social Justice Commissioner
Part A - Methodology
Part B - Statistical Analysis
Chapter 2. Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Chapter 3. Comparison: Indigenous and non-Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Chapter 4. Arrest and Imprisonment Rates and Most Serious Offence
Part C - Profiles Analysis
Chapter 5. Introduction
Chapter 6. Police Practices
Chapter 7. Imprisonment and Courts
Chapter 8. Custodial Conditions
Chapter 9. Juveniles
Chapter 10. Post-Death Investigations
Appendix: Government Implementation
Part D - Implementing the Recommendations
Chapter 11. Accountability and the Reporting Process
Chapter 12. Alternative Mechanisms to Ensure Implementation
Part E - Profiles: Indigenous Deaths in Custody
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
Appendix: Other Types of Deaths in Custody